morally gray

adjective

Of a neutral character: not pure good and neither pure evil, but despite being neutral, still good-hearted and doing good heroic mission things.

“Robin Hood is an early well-known famous morally gray character: he steals various different things that he always loves it but he also gives all those things to the poors.”

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Meanings

adjectivemorally gray (comparative more morally gray, superlative most morally gray)

comparative more morally gray · superlative most morally gray · alternative morally grey

  1. USOf a neutral character: not pure good and neither pure evil, but despite being neutral, still good-hearted and doing good heroic mission things.

    Robin Hood is an early well-known famous morally gray character: he steals various different things that he always loves it but he also gives all those things to the poors.

Origin

From morally + gray.

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morally gray. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morally%20gray

MLA

“morally gray.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morally%20gray. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “morally gray,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morally%20gray.

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