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grey

n. clothing that is a grey color; "he was dressed in grey"

grey

n. any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey; "the Confederate army was a vast grey"

grey, grayness, greyness

n. a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

grey, become gray

v. turn grey; "Her hair began to grey"

grey, make gray

v. make grey; "The painter decided to grey the sky"

grey

adj. any achromatic color between the extremes of black and white; reflects only a little light

grey, leaden, sullen

adj. darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a grey rainy afternoon"; "grey clouds"; "the sky was leaden and thick"

grey, hoar, hoary, gray-haired, grey-haired, gray-headed, grey-headed

adj. showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"

fawn, dun, grayish brown, greyish brown

n. a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color; "she wore dun"

dun

adj. of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color; "the dun and dreary prairie"

dark-skinned, dusky, swart, swarthy

adj. naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic"

neutral, achromatous, achromic, hueless

adj. of something totally lacking in saturation and therefore having no hue

umbrageous, shaded, shady

adj. filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands"

sober, dull, subfusc, somber, sombre

adj. lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes"

mousy, mouse-colored, mouse-coloured

adj. of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse; "a mousy brownish-grey color"; "mousy hair"; "mouse-colored hair"

foggy, brumous, hazy, misty

adj. filled or abounding with fog or mist; "a brumous October morning"

overcast, cloud-covered, clouded, sunless

adj. filled or abounding with clouds

cloudlike, nebular

adj. resembling a cloud

lowering, dark, heavy, threatening

adj. darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"

miasmal, miasmic, vaporous

adj. filled with vapor; "miasmic jungles"; "a vaporous bog"

smoggy

adj. clouded with a mixture of smoke and fog; "the smoggy atmosphere of Los Angeles"

advanced, ripe

adj. far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90"

aged, senior, older, elderly

adj. advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen"

aged, of age

adj. having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable); "aged ten"; "ten years of age"

aging, ageing, senescent

adj. growing old

ancient

adj. very old; "an ancient mariner"

anile

adj. of or like a feeble old woman

centenarian

adj. being at least 100 years old

gaga, doddering, senile

adj. mentally or physically infirm with age; "his mother was doddering and frail"

retired, emeritus

adj. honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus'; `retired from assigned duties' need not imply that one is inactive

nonagenarian

adj. being from 90 to 99 years old; "the nonagenarian inhabitants of the nursing home"

octogenarian

adj. being from 80 to 89 years old

oldish

adj. somewhat elderly

superannuated, overage, overaged

adj. too old to be useful; "He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders"- Anthony Trollope

retired, superannuated

adj. discharged as too old for use or work; especially with a pension; "a superannuated civil servant"

sexagenarian

adj. being from 60 to 69 years old; "the sexagenarian population is growing"

venerable

adj. impressive by reason of age; "a venerable sage with white hair and beard"

year-old

adj. having reached an age as specified: "a two-year-old toddler"

black

adj. being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light; "black leather jackets"; "as black as coal"; "rich black soil"

white

adj. being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; "as white as fresh snow"; "a bride's white dress"

sunny

adj. abounding with sunlight; "a bright sunny day"; "one shining morning"- John Muir; "when it is warm and shiny"

bright, shiny, sunshiny

adj. abounding with sunlight; "a bright sunny day"; "one shining morning"- John Muir; "when it is warm and shiny"

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