Antonyms of adj silvery

3 senses of silvery

Sense 1
silvern, silvery -- (resembling or reminiscent of silver; "a soft silvern voice"; "singing in her silvery tones")

INDIRECT (VIA euphonious) -> cacophonous, cacophonic -- (having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten)

Sense 2
silver, silvern, silvery -- (having the white lustrous sheen of silver; "a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap"; "repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen")

INDIRECT (VIA bright) -> dull -- (emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky")

Sense 3
argent, silver, silvery, silverish -- (of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver; "silvery hair")

INDIRECT (VIA achromatic) -> chromatic -- (being or having or characterized by hue)

Similarity of adj silvery

3 senses of silvery

Sense 1
silvern, silvery -- (resembling or reminiscent of silver; "a soft silvern voice"; "singing in her silvery tones")
       => euphonious (vs. cacophonous), euphonous -- (having a pleasant sound; "a euphonious trill of silver laughter")

Sense 2
silver, silvern, silvery -- (having the white lustrous sheen of silver; "a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap"; "repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen")
       => bright (vs. dull) -- (emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room")

Sense 3
argent, silver, silvery, silverish -- (of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver; "silvery hair")
       => achromatic (vs. chromatic), neutral -- (having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white")

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