Meaning & use
grayer
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More gray in color, or more dull and lacking in brightness, than something else being compared.
See it in a sentence
His hair had gotten noticeably grayer since we last met.
The sky turned grayer as the storm approached.
A note on using this word
Spelled "greyer" in British English, this comparative form follows the regular pattern of adding "-er" to a short adjective.
Words with a similar meaning
dullerashier
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Words with an opposite meaning
brighter
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