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Translations greyness grayness (US) [ˈgreɪnɪs] N 2. (= bleakness) [of situation] → lo deprimente; [of future] → lo poco prometedor the greyness of his suits exactly matched the greyness of his mind → el gris de sus trajes reflejaba lo gris de su mentalidad in a world full of greyness this was her only hope → en un mundo tan sombrío ésta era su única esperanza greyness, (US) grayness n How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Tumultuous waves of the great river rise And seem to storm the skies, While snow-bright peak and prairie mist combine, And greyness softens the harsh mountain line. The fire had crumbled down to greyness, and one of the lamps made a gurgling appeal for attention. Sometimes, as the road was cut through the pine woods that seemed in the darkness to be closing down upon us, great masses of greyness which here and there bestrewed the trees, produced a peculiarly weird and solemn effect, which carried on the thoughts and grim fancies engendered earlier in the evening, when the falling sunset threw into strange relief the ghost-like clouds which amongst the Carpathians seem to wind ceaselessly through the valleys. |
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