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synonyms for greyish

  • ashy
  • blanched
  • bloodless
  • colorless
  • discolored
  • dusky
  • gloomy
  • grisly
  • leaden
  • lurid
  • murky
  • pallid
  • pasty
  • wan
  • waxen

antonyms for greyish

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  • blushing
  • brilliant
  • cheerful
  • flushed
  • happy
  • radiant
  • rosy
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How to use greyish in a sentence

Greyish granular quartz; like that of the Lickey Hill, in Worcestershire.
NARRATIVE OF A SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL AND WESTERN COASTS OF AUSTRALIA] [VOLUME 2 OF 2]PHILLIP PARKER KING
Fine greyish-white pipe-clay; of which about thirty feet in thickness were visible, apparently above the sandstone last mentioned.
NARRATIVE OF A SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL AND WESTERN COASTS OF AUSTRALIA] [VOLUME 2 OF 2]PHILLIP PARKER KING
Some were common titlarks, others greyish buntings, others yellow and black fellows.
THE BRITISH EXPEDITION TO THE CRIMEAWILLIAM HOWARD RUSSELL
Sometimes they are of a greyish colour; and the district of Jilu can boast a variety which is described as white.
THE CRADLE OF MANKINDW.A. WIGRAM
The tail was somewhat short and marked, with six black rings on a greyish ground.
IN THE WILDS OF FLORIDAW.H.G. KINGSTON
The majority of them had greyish-yellow bodies, with yellow beaks and pink ruffs, and they were not at all afraid of me.
THE ADVENTURES OF LOUIS DE ROUGEMONTLOUIS DE ROUGEMONT
She was a cutter-rigged vessel, painted a greyish-white, and of about fifty tons burden.
THE ADVENTURES OF LOUIS DE ROUGEMONTLOUIS DE ROUGEMONT
At Port Essington the mosquitoes were remarkably large, and of a greyish colour.
THE ADVENTURES OF LOUIS DE ROUGEMONTLOUIS DE ROUGEMONT
The upper strata are of a greyish-brown color, which lower down becomes darker.
TRAVELS IN PERU, ON THE COAST, IN THE SIERRA, ACROSS THE CORDILLERAS AND THE ANDES, INTO THE PRIMEVAL FORESTSJ. J. VON TSCHUDI
The salt will now have become of a greyish-white colour, and is ready for the next operation.
COOLEY'S CYCLOPDIA OF PRACTICAL RECEIPTS AND COLLATERAL INFORMATION IN THE ARTS, MANUFACTURES, PROFESSIONS, AND TRADES..., SIXTH EDITION, VOLUME IARNOLD COOLEY
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO GREYISH

  • ashy
  • blanched
  • bloodless
  • colorless
  • discolored
  • dusky
  • gloomy
  • greyish
  • grisly
  • leaden
  • lurid
  • murky
  • pallid
  • pasty
  • wan
  • waxen
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.