grey-haired

Thân thiện

An elderly man with grey-haired wisdom reads a book in his cozy armchair.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having grey or white hair, typically as a sign of aging: Describes a person whose hair has lost its original color, most commonly due to advancing age.
   • Elderly, aged: While primarily describing hair color, the term often implies or is associated with old age.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The kind, grey-haired librarian helped me find the book.
  • He became grey-haired quite early in his life.
  • A panel of grey-haired experts discussed the history of the city.

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used metaphorically to suggest wisdom, experience, or venerability that comes with age.
  • The grey-haired statesman offered counsel born of decades of service.
• It can sometimes be used in a broader, more poetic sense to describe something ancient or time-worn.
  • The grey-haired mountains stood silent against the sky.

Variants and Related Words

• Gray-haired: An alternative spelling, equally correct. "Grey" is more common in British English, while "gray" is more common in American English.
• Hoary (adj): An older, more literary synonym meaning grey or white with age; ancient.
  • The hoary old legend was passed down for generations.
• Silver-haired (adj): A more positive or elegant synonym for having grey or white hair.
  • The silver-haired gentleman was remarkably spry.

Synonyms

• White-haired
• Grizzled (often implies a mixture of dark and grey/white hair)
• Aged
• Elderly

Related Phrases / Idioms

• While "grey-haired" itself is not typically part of a phrasal verb, it is conceptually related to the idiom:
  • To go grey: To have one's hair turn grey, usually from age or stress.

    • He started to go grey in his thirties.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
   • whose beard with age is hoar-Coleridge
   • nodded his hoary head