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greenish

/ˈɡɹiːnɪʃ/

greenish adjective: somewhat green in color.

Adjective

greenish (comparative more greenish, superlative most greenish)

  1. Somewhat green in color.

Proper noun capitalized: Greenish

Greenish (plural Greenishes)

  1. A surname.

greenish meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

greenish in Hindi

somewhat green in color
हरिताभ haritābh

greenish in Tamil

பசுமை கலந்த, பசிய

greenish in Marathi

somewhat green in color
हिरवट hirvaṭ

greenish in Urdu

سبزی مائل
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greenish in Sanskrit
हरित hárita, हरि hári
greenish in Assamese
সেউজীয়া xeuzia
greenish in Vietnamese
hơi lục

Examples of greenish in a sentence

  • The stone has a greenish aspect in this light.
  • Tiny, greenish or pinkish, lanternlike flowers hide under branch tips in early to midspring.
  • The outer sepaloids are triangular scale-like, thick, greenish or variously reddish-colored, and fleshy.

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Synonyms of greenish

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of greenish

Forms of greenish

Adjective
comparativemore greenish
superlativemost greenish
Proper noun
pluralGreenishes

Origin of greenish

From Middle English grenisch, grenysch, equivalent to green + -ish.

Of uncertain origin.

Words formed from greenish

Phrases with greenish

Questions about greenish

What does greenish mean?
Greenish means somewhat green in color.
What is greenish in Hindi?
Greenish in Hindi is हरिताभ (haritābh). See Greenish meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is greenish?
Greenish can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce greenish?
Greenish is pronounced /ˈɡɹiːnɪʃ/.

Words near greenish in the dictionary

  1. greenifying
  2. greening
  3. greening out
  4. greening up
  5. greenings
  6. greenish
  7. greenish blue
  8. greenish blues
  9. greenish warbler
  10. greenish warblers
  11. Greenishes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: greenish (page history and authors); Greenish (page history and authors); greenish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); greenish (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); हरि (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); সেউজীয়া (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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