grayer
Less vividly colored
Grayer is the comparative form of gray, describing something with more gray than another: Her hair is grayer than it was last year.
This applies to color and to figurative grayness—moral ambiguity, dullness, or bleakness: The situation looks grayer now than before.
Also spelled greyer, especially in British English.
Devoid of pigmentation
- fadedLost original color
- washed-outLacking original vibrancy
- mutedMade quieter or softer
- ashenPale, grayish-white
pale · monochrome · dull · lifeless · lusterless · subdued · neutral · dingy
Sky fully veiled
- cloudyObscured by atmosphere
- gloomyDark and dispiriting
- drearyDull and depressing
- leadenOppressively heavy or dull
foggy · misty · murky · dim · shadowy · bleak · somber · dark
Having gray-white hair
venerable · geriatric · retirement · wrinkles · old-age · veteran · pensioner · octogenarian
Not easily understood
- murkyDark and unclear
- uncertainNot firmly known
- vagueUnclear, ill-defined
- indistinctUnclear, hard to perceive
nebulous · muddled · fuzzy · blurred · indefinite · equivocal · hazy · obscure
colorless
Devoid of pigmentation
- fadedLost original color
- washed-outLacking original vibrancy
- mutedMade quieter or softer
ashen · pale · monochrome · dull · lifeless · lusterless · subdued · neutral · dingy · flat
overcast
Sky fully veiled
leaden · foggy · misty · murky · dim · shadowy · bleak · somber · dark · pallid
silver-haired
Having gray-white hair
hoary · venerable · geriatric · retirement · wrinkles · old-age · veteran · pensioner · octogenarian · nonagenarian
unclear
Not easily understood
indistinct · nebulous · muddled · fuzzy · blurred · indefinite · equivocal · hazy · obscure · nuanced
melancholy
Subdued, lasting sadness
dismal · depressing · cheerless · joyless · dispiriting · forlorn · desolate · morose · downcast · dejected
- gray hairPigment-faded strands
- gray areaAmbiguous, ill-defined situation
- gray outRender unselectable by fading
- gray skiesCloud-covered atmosphere
- gray cellsNeural tissue for cognition
- gray matterBrain's cognitive tissue