graying
Losing hair pigment
Graying describes the process of becoming gray, especially of hair losing its pigment with age: His temples were graying.
The term extends to populations or institutions growing older on average: the graying of America, a graying workforce.
Something graying may also be fading or becoming dull: graying memories of childhood.
Aged and gray
- elderlyAdvanced in age
- senescenceGradual functional decline with age
- wrinklesSurface lines from folding
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
geriatrics · senior · octogenarian · nonagenarian · centenarian · grandparent · elder · mature
Notable and respected
- sageWisdom keeper or seasoning
- experiencedHaving practical knowledge gained
- venerableDeserving honor for dignity
- seasonedFlavored or battle-tested
Chemical color removal
- dimmingDecreasing in brightness
- palingStakes forming a boundary
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
- lighteningMaking lighter in weight/shade
discoloring · dulling · blanching · whitening · muting · softening · weathering · yellowing
Gradually decreasing in intensity
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
- shrinkingDecreasing in dimension
- contractingReducing in volume
- erodingGradually wearing away
weakening · deteriorating · dwindling · stagnating · depopulation
hoary
Aged and gray
- elderlyAdvanced in age
- senescenceGradual functional decline with age
- wrinklesSurface lines from folding
retirement · geriatrics · senior · octogenarian · nonagenarian · centenarian · grandparent · elder · mature · distinguished
distinguished
Notable and respected
- sageWisdom keeper or seasoning
- experiencedHaving practical knowledge gained
- venerableDeserving honor for dignity
bleaching
Chemical color removal
- dimmingDecreasing in brightness
- palingStakes forming a boundary
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
lightening · discoloring · dulling · blanching · whitening · muting · softening · weathering · yellowing · neutralizing
waning
Gradually decreasing in intensity
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
- shrinkingDecreasing in dimension
- contractingReducing in volume
eroding · weakening · deteriorating · dwindling · stagnating · depopulation
- hairhair, haircut, hairstyle, hair loss, coily
- color changedyeing, tinting, fading, bleaching, darkening
- Deteriorationdecay, rot, degradation, deterioration, corrosion
- laundry problemsstains, fading, wrinkles, lint, holes
- gradual changesfade, morph, refinement, modification, revision
- agingaging process, aging body, biological age, aging workforce, aging parents
grayingdarkening
Growing less bright
blackening · brightening · deepening · coloring · dyeing
- graying outDimming to show unavailability
- premature grayingHair whitening before typical age