grey

adjective

less common spelling of gray

1

a

: of the color gray

b

: tending toward gray

blue-gray eyes

c

: dull in color

2

: having the hair gray : hoary

3

: clothed in gray

4

a

: lacking cheer or brightness in mood, outlook, style, or flavor

also : dismal, gloomy

a gray day

b

: prosaically ordinary : dull, uninteresting

the boring, gray dullness of government

—P. J. O'Rourke

5

: having an intermediate and often vaguely defined position, condition, or character

an ethically gray area

Examples of grey in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Palestinian girl is sprawled on a trolley in the central Gaza facility, her grey eyes weary with exhaustion. —Abdel Qadder Sabbah, CNN, 25 June 2024

At least one of the suspects was sporting a large grey backpack, cops said. —Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 21 June 2024

But Joro spiders aren’t nightmare fodder Dogwood sawfly females can lay more than 100 eggs on the underside of their preferred grey dogwood host plant. —Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2024

Investigators circled the grey pickup, which had out-of-state plates and was parked between two other vehicles. —Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 3 June 2024

Kids Definition

grey

variant of gray

Medical Definition

grey, greyout

chiefly British variant of gray, grayout

Biographical Definition

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biographical name (1)

ˈgrā 

2nd Earl 1764–1845 Charles Grey English statesman; prime minister (1830–34)

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biographical name (2)

Sir Edward 1862–1933 Viscount Grey of Fallodon ˈfa-lə-dᵊn  English politician

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biographical name (3)

Lady Jane 1537–1554 titular queen of England for 9 days

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biographical name (4)

Zane 1875–1939 American novelist