grayness

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the quality or state of being gray in color

   The grayness of the winter sky made the bare landscape look almost colorless.

2. 2
   noun

   figurative dullness, gloom, or lack of variety

   Bright murals relieved the grayness of the concrete corridor.

Formed in English from gray + the noun-forming suffix -ness. Greyness is the usual British spelling, while grayness is standard in American English.

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