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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb slate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

slate
  1. Having the bluish-grey/gray colour of slate.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. gray, grey, silver, argentine, greyish, grayish, silvery, slatey, slaty, steely, leaden, pewter, silvered, ashen, ash, stone, smoky, dusky, pearly, cinereal, lead, shaded, mousy, hoary, heather, sooty, neutral, sere, dusty, peppery, oyster, iron, silver-grey, slate-grey, pearl-grey, gunmetal grey, smoke-grey, murky, hazy, blue-grey, steel-grey, iron-grey, dark-hued, steel-coloured, argent, white, snowy, light, silvern, argentate … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Laney looked up at the slate sky as she walked across the parking lot.”
slaty
  1. Resembling the mineral slate.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. argentine, gray, greyish, grayish, grey, silver, silvery, slate, steely, leaden, pewter, slatey, ashen, ash, stone, silvered, smoky, dusky, shaded, pearly, sooty, cinereal, lead, mousy, slate-grey, hoary, heather, neutral, sere, dusty, peppery, oyster, iron, silver-grey, dark grey, pearl-grey, gunmetal grey, smoke-grey, murky, hazy, grey-coloured, dark-hued, blue-grey, steel-grey, iron-grey, argent, steel-coloured, white, snowy, light … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “It is entirely composed of a slaty rock, traversed by numerous veins of actinolite.”
      “These have a good slaty cleavage in pelitic rocks and a well-developed crenulation cleavage in places.”
      “These planes, referred to as slaty cleavage, are caused by the rearrangement of minerals such as mica, chlorite, and clay within the rock.”
slated
  1. (chiefly US) scheduled
  2. Synonyms:
      3. anticipated, expected, awaited, due, scheduled, predicted, likely, predictable, foreseen, projected, forecast, probable, envisioned, foreseeable, coming, prepared for, expected to arrive, scheduled for, presumed, waited for, sure, estimated, certain, wanted, promised, contemplated, prophesied, proposed, foretold, counted on, looked-for, long-awaited, hoped-for, hoped for, looked for, bargained for, planned for, counted upon … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The highly anticipated movie premiere is slated to take place next month.”
slateless
  1. Devoid of slates.
slatelike
  1. Resembling slate.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. slaty
slaten
  1. (literary) Made of slate.
slating
  1. present participle of slate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. attacking, condemning, slamming, knocking, lambasting, panning, hammering, vilifying, rubbishing, bashing, savaging, reviling, roasting, excoriating, trashing, pillorying, pummelling, pummeling, flaying, crucifying, bagging, skewering, slashing, mauling, slagging off, pulling apart, pulling to pieces, taking to pieces, taking apart, throwing brickbats at, shooting down, tearing to pieces, doing a hatchet job on, giving something a battering, criticizing harshly, criticizing, dissing, censuring, criticising, disparaging, blasting, denigrating, castigating, laying into, having a go at, abusing, denouncing, berating, bad-mouthing, deprecating … more
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