Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ungrey

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-grey
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of ungray (“not grey”).

adj

Pronunciation spelling of hungry, representing dialect English.

Example Sentences

"She was much, much too old to have black hair, or ungrey hair — well into her fifties."
"The Roy body has not aged much, still lithe, still a head of hair ungrey, still with a demon that magnetises most of both sexes. And I have brought him back from the dead!"
"Too healthy: her skin was entirely ungrey, her nose sharp and whole."
"She lowered her tray table and said in a deep accent, "Yes, I am ungrey.""
"[T]he patient reports another problem with Xenical: ‘But they made me really ungrey’ ['hungry']"

Etymology

From un- + grey.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Questions

What does ungrey mean?: Alternative form of ungray (“not grey”).
Where does ungrey come from?: From un- + grey.

How to pronounce ungrey

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