TATTLETALE GREY Synonyms

• of a light grey

• lacking in variety and interest

• weak in color; not colorful

• a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown

• lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise

• lacking brightness or color; dull

• of a light brownish green color

• causing dejection

• lacking in liveliness or animation

• emitting or reflecting very little light

• not keenly felt

• not having a sharp edge or point

• being or made softer or less loud or clear

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

• (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

• (of business) not active or brisk

• blunted in responsiveness or sensibility

• not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft

• darkened with overcast

• make dull in appearance

• become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness

• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

• make numb or insensitive

• make dull or blunt

• become less interesting or attractive

• make less lively or vigorous

• having lost freshness or brilliance of color

• reduced in strength

• lacking contrast or shading between tones

• (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone

• a level tract of land

• a shallow box in which seedlings are started

• a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named

• freight car without permanent sides or roof

• a deflated pneumatic tire

• scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting

• a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

• with flat sails

• in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly

• having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

• having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness

• not modified or restricted by reservations

• stretched out and lying at full length along the ground

• flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

• lacking taste or flavor or tang

• lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting

• having lost effervescence

• sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

• horizontally level

• lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth

• not reflecting light; not glossy

• commercially inactive

• a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

• English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965)

• clothing that is a grey color

• English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771)

• any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey

• American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)

• horse of a light gray or whitish color

• United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888)

• the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad

• of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black

• showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair

• used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)

• intermediate in character or position

• make grey

• turn grey

• lacking brilliance or vitality

• lacking luster or shine

• possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics

• having no hue

• one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute

• having no personal preference

• having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive

• not supporting or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest

• lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics

• having no net electric charge

• abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress

• (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble

• lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness

• a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography

• coins made of silver

• a light shade of grey

• silverware eating utensils

• a trophy made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition

• made from or largely consisting of silver

• having the white lustrous sheen of silver

• of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver

• expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively

• coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam

• make silver in color

• turn silver

• of grey resembling silver

• (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate

• thin layers of rock used for roofing

• a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers

• a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices

• designate or schedule

• enter on a list or slate for an election

• cover with slate

• of the color of slate or granite

• marked by or emitting or filled with smoke

• tasting of smoke

• a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography

• coins made of silver

• a light shade of grey

• silverware eating utensils

• a trophy made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition

• made from or largely consisting of silver

• having the white lustrous sheen of silver

• of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver

• expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively

• coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam

• make silver in color

• turn silver

• a greyish white