gray skies
Dull, sunless atmosphere
Gray skies are overcast conditions—clouds blocking sunlight and casting everything in muted tones.
The phrase carries connotations of gloom, melancholy, or dreariness: Gray skies have me feeling down today.
In weather forecasts, gray skies simply mean cloud cover, but in poetry and everyday speech, they often signal emotional weather too.
- overcastSky fully veiled
- cloudsAirborne water masses
- cloud coverVisible sky obstruction
- low ceilingOverhead surface uncomfortably close
- gloomyDark and dispiriting
dreary · dull · rain · rainy day · drizzle · fog · London fog · mist · melancholy · somber · bleak · slate · leaden · storm · cloudy · dim · mood lighting · haze
- wintersnow, ice, cold, frozen, frost
- coastal weatherdrizzle, overcast, ocean breeze, rainfall, humidity
- rainy seasonrain, monsoon, rainfall, wet season, rainy season
- sky conditionsclear, clear sky, cloudy, overcast, partly cloudy
- weatherweather, rain, sun, snow, wind
- Cloudscumulus, stratus, cirrus, nimbostratus, stratocumulus
gray skiesblue skies
Unclouded atmosphere above
sunny skies · clear skies · sunshine · fair weather · sunny day
gray skiesblue skies
Unclouded atmosphere above
sunny skies · California sunshine · endless summer · silver linings
gray, grey, skies, grays, greys, grayed, greyed, graying, greying