grey

drabbest

drab

adjective

lacking brightness or interest; drearily dull.

the landscape was drab and grey

colourless,grey,greyish,dull,dull-coloured,washed out,neutral,pale,muted,lacklustre,lustreless,muddy,watery,lightish brown,brownish,brownish-grey,mousy,dun-coloured,dingy,dreary,dismal,cheerless,gloomy,sombre,depressing,uninteresting,boring,tedious,monotonous,dry,wearisome,unexciting,bland,non-stimulating,unimaginative,uninspiring,uninspired,insipid,vapid,flat,stale,trite,vacuous,feeble,pallid,wishy-washy,limp,lame,tired,lifeless,zestless,spiritless,sterile,anaemic,barren,tame,bloodless,antiseptic,middle-of-the-road,run-of-the-mill,commonplace,mediocre,nondescript,characterless,mundane,unexceptional,unremarkable,humdrum,prosaic

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drabber

drab

adjective

lacking brightness or interest; drearily dull.

the landscape was drab and grey

colourless,grey,greyish,dull,dull-coloured,washed out,neutral,pale,muted,lacklustre,lustreless,muddy,watery,lightish brown,brownish,brownish-grey,mousy,dun-coloured,dingy,dreary,dismal,cheerless,gloomy,sombre,depressing,uninteresting,boring,tedious,monotonous,dry,wearisome,unexciting,bland,non-stimulating,unimaginative,uninspiring,uninspired,insipid,vapid,flat,stale,trite,vacuous,feeble,pallid,wishy-washy,limp,lame,tired,lifeless,zestless,spiritless,sterile,anaemic,barren,tame,bloodless,antiseptic,middle-of-the-road,run-of-the-mill,commonplace,mediocre,nondescript,characterless,mundane,unexceptional,unremarkable,humdrum,prosaic

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drab

drab

adjective

lacking brightness or interest; drearily dull.

the landscape was drab and grey

colourless,grey,greyish,dull,dull-coloured,washed out,neutral,pale,muted,lacklustre,lustreless,muddy,watery,lightish brown,brownish,brownish-grey,mousy,dun-coloured,dingy,dreary,dismal,cheerless,gloomy,sombre,depressing,uninteresting,boring,tedious,monotonous,dry,wearisome,unexciting,bland,non-stimulating,unimaginative,uninspiring,uninspired,insipid,vapid,flat,stale,trite,vacuous,feeble,pallid,wishy-washy,limp,lame,tired,lifeless,zestless,spiritless,sterile,anaemic,barren,tame,bloodless,antiseptic,middle-of-the-road,run-of-the-mill,commonplace,mediocre,nondescript,characterless,mundane,unexceptional,unremarkable,humdrum,prosaic

noun

fabric of a dull light brown colour.

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cloudy

ˈklaʊdi

adjective

(of the sky or weather) covered with or characterized by clouds.

a very grey, cloudy day

overcast,clouded,clouded over,overclouded,dark,darkened,grey,black,leaden,dull,murky,sombre,dismal,dreary,cheerless,heavy,gloomy,dim,louring,sunless,starless,hazy,misty,foggy,threatening,menacing,promising rain,claggy

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cloudiest

ˈklaʊdi

adjective

(of the sky or weather) covered with or characterized by clouds.

a very grey, cloudy day

overcast,clouded,clouded over,overclouded,dark,darkened,grey,black,leaden,dull,murky,sombre,dismal,dreary,cheerless,heavy,gloomy,dim,louring,sunless,starless,hazy,misty,foggy,threatening,menacing,promising rain,claggy

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cloudier

ˈklaʊdi

adjective

(of the sky or weather) covered with or characterized by clouds.

a very grey, cloudy day

overcast,clouded,clouded over,overclouded,dark,darkened,grey,black,leaden,dull,murky,sombre,dismal,dreary,cheerless,heavy,gloomy,dim,louring,sunless,starless,hazy,misty,foggy,threatening,menacing,promising rain,claggy

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cadaverous

kəˈdav(ə)rəs

adjective

very pale, thin, or bony.

he was gaunt and cadaverous

(deathly) pale,pallid,white,bloodless,ashen,ashen-faced,ashy,chalky,chalk white,grey,white-faced,whey-faced,waxen,waxy,corpse-like,deathlike,ghostly,very thin,as thin as a rake,bony,skeletal,emaciated,skin-and-bones,scrawny,scraggy,raw-boned,haggard,gaunt,drawn,pinched,hollow-cheeked,hollow-eyed,like death warmed up,like a bag of bones,anorexic,spindle-shanked,livid,etiolated,lymphatic,exsanguinous,starveling,macilent

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boring

ˈbɔːrɪŋ

adjective

not interesting; tedious.

I’ve got a boring job in an office

tedious,dull,monotonous,repetitious,repetitive,unrelieved,lacking variety,lacking variation,lacking excitement,lacking interest,unvaried,unimaginative,uneventful,characterless,featureless,colourless,lifeless,soulless,passionless,spiritless,unspirited,insipid,uninteresting,unexciting,uninspiring,unstimulating,unoriginal,derivative,jejune,nondescript,sterile,flat,bland,(plain) vanilla,arid,dry,dry as dust,stale,wishy-washy,grey,anaemic,tired,banal,lame,plodding,ponderous,pedestrian,lacklustre,stodgy,dreary,mechanical,stiff,leaden,wooden,mind-numbing,soul-destroying,wearisome,tiring,tiresome,irksome,trying,frustrating,humdrum,prosaic,mundane,commonplace,workaday,quotidian,unremarkable,routine,run-of-the-mill,normal,usual,ordinary,conventional,suburban,garden variety,deadly,bog-standard,nothing to write home about,a dime a dozen,no great shakes,not up to much,samey,common or garden,dullsville,ornery

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blanching

blɑːn(t)ʃ

verb

make white or pale by extracting colour.

the cold light blanched her face

make/turn pale,whiten,make/turn pallid,lighten,grey,wash out,fade,blench,etiolate,decolorize,bleach,peroxide,pale,go/grow/turn/become pale,go/grow/turn/become white,go/grow/turn/become pallid,lose its colour

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blanches

blɑːn(t)ʃ

verb

make white or pale by extracting colour.

the cold light blanched her face

make/turn pale,whiten,make/turn pallid,lighten,grey,wash out,fade,blench,etiolate,decolorize,bleach,peroxide,pale,go/grow/turn/become pale,go/grow/turn/become white,go/grow/turn/become pallid,lose its colour

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blanch

blɑːn(t)ʃ

verb

make white or pale by extracting colour.

the cold light blanched her face

make/turn pale,whiten,make/turn pallid,lighten,grey,wash out,fade,blench,etiolate,decolorize,bleach,peroxide,pale,go/grow/turn/become pale,go/grow/turn/become white,go/grow/turn/become pallid,lose its colour

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anorexics

/anəˈrɛksɪk/

adjective

Relating to, characterized by, or suffering from anorexia.

Women with bulimic or anorexic female relatives are four to five times more likely to develop the disorder, and twin studies reveal that the genetic risk factor may be as high as 58 percent.

pale,deathly pale,pallid,white,bloodless,ashen,ashen-faced,ashy,chalky,chalk white,grey,white-faced,whey-faced,waxen,waxy,corpse-like,deathlike,ghostly

noun

A person suffering from anorexia.

Some of the youngest sufferers are the children of anorexics and bulimics, many of whom raise their families with bizarre attitudes towards food.

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anorexic

/ˌænəˈrɛksɪk/

adjective

Relating to, characterized by, or suffering from anorexia.

Women with bulimic or anorexic female relatives are four to five times more likely to develop the disorder, and twin studies reveal that the genetic risk factor may be as high as 58 percent.

pale,deathly pale,pallid,white,bloodless,ashen,ashen-faced,ashy,chalky,chalk white,grey,white-faced,whey-faced,waxen,waxy,corpse-like,deathlike,ghostly

noun

A person suffering from anorexia.

Some of the youngest sufferers are the children of anorexics and bulimics, many of whom raise their families with bizarre attitudes towards food.

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anorectic

/anəˈrɛksɪk/

adjective

Relating to, characterized by, or suffering from anorexia.

Women with bulimic or anorexic female relatives are four to five times more likely to develop the disorder, and twin studies reveal that the genetic risk factor may be as high as 58 percent.

pale,deathly pale,pallid,white,bloodless,ashen,ashen-faced,ashy,chalky,chalk white,grey,white-faced,whey-faced,waxen,waxy,corpse-like,deathlike,ghostly

noun

A person suffering from anorexia.

Some of the youngest sufferers are the children of anorexics and bulimics, many of whom raise their families with bizarre attitudes towards food.

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anemic

/əˈnimɪk/

adjective

(of a person) suffering from anemia.

the doctor said you were a bit anemic

colourless,bloodless,pale,pallid,wan,ashen,white,white as a ghost,white as a sheet,grey,jaundiced,waxen,chalky,chalk white,milky,pasty,pasty-faced,whey-faced,peaky,sickly,tired-looking,washed out,sallow,drained,drawn,sapped,ghostly,deathly,deathlike,bleached

noun

A person suffering from anemia.

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anaemic

/əˈniːmɪk/

adjective

(of a person) suffering from anaemia.

the doctor said you were a bit anaemic

colourless,bloodless,pale,pallid,wan,ashen,white,white as a ghost,white as a sheet,grey,jaundiced,waxen,chalky,chalk white,milky,pasty,pasty-faced,whey-faced,peaky,sickly,tired-looking,washed out,sallow,drained,drawn,sapped,ghostly,deathly,deathlike,bleached

noun

A person suffering from anaemia.

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alabaster

/ˈæləˌbæstər/

noun

A fine-grained, translucent form of gypsum, typically white, often carved into ornaments.

The stones used include red jasper, white oriental alabaster, yellow chalcedony, and green gabbro.

adjective

Made of alabaster.

the gilded alabaster tomb of Sir Anthony Browne

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