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Definition grey in British English

grey adjective

adjective
/ɡreɪ/
1

between black and white in colour. If something is similar to this colour, you can say that it is a greyish colour

Example

He wore a dark grey suit.

Example

The water was a greyish-green.

Synonyms and related words
alabaster amber amethyst
2

if someone goes or turns grey, their hair starts to become white

Example

She seems to have gone grey very quickly.

Synonyms and related words
a platinum blonde auburn blonde
3

if someone's face is grey, they look pale, because they are ill, weak, or shocked

Example

His face was grey with pain.

4

used for describing the weather or the light when it is not very bright, because there is a lot of cloud

Example

In London it was a grey November day.

Example

The rain stopped and the grey skies began to clear.

Synonyms and related words
bank billow cirrocumulus
5

boring

Example

the drab grey tedium of his life

Synonyms and related words
boring dull tedious
6

not clear and therefore not easy to deal with

Example

a grey area in environmental law

Synonyms and related words
difficult impossible trying
Example

the grey vote

Synonyms and related words
ancient the elderly the old
Example

He's getting as grey as a badger.

Definition grey in British English

Related Words

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dapple-grey (adjective) dove-grey (adjective) grey (adjective) grey (noun) grey (verb) grey area (noun) grey gapper (noun) grey hair (noun) grey literature (noun) grey market (noun) grey matter (noun) grey nomad (noun) grey out (phrasal verb) grey surfer (noun) grey swan (noun) grey vote (noun) greywater (noun) iron-grey (adjective) men in grey suits (noun) etc (phrase) slate blue/grey (phrase) the grey pound (noun) the grey vote (noun) the men in (grey) suits (phrase)