adjective

greyish

greyish, grayish

The sky was a greyish colour.

The sky was a grayish color.

He has greyish hair at his temples.

He has grayish hair at his temples.

((a greyish + noun)) having a grey quality. It was a grayish building.

dull, ashy; Antonyms: vibrant, colorful

From the word 'grey' (or 'gray') plus the suffix '-ish', meaning 'somewhat' or 'like'.

The '-ish' suffix means 'kind of'. So, something 'greyish' is 'kind of grey'.

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