grizzled
11
6.7
- adjective
- /ˈɡrɪzəld/
:
canoso
- When Ora emerges from her house, she's slumped, a little shrunken, her grizzled hair smoothed back in a pageboy.
- a grizzled veteran
And I'm like, I am an old grizzled veteran of the Internet.
- And I'm like, I am an old grizzled veteran of the Internet.
- Let's bring these grizzled old Met officers in to come and do a bit of work.
- You know, I just thought I'd be more of a grizzled shoe leather reporter on the beat in the field, breaking news.
- I feel feel like grizzled veteran.
- You know, like can't get fired this summer, you know, you know, and and and then that became these two kind of grizzled businessman.
Examples
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Now 43, Rotenberg still looks more like a young grad student than a grizzled veteran.
Academic text (2003) -
Belcher was small and grizzled, with stiff white hair and rotted teeth; approximately seventy-five years old.
Fiction book (1995) -
Let's bring these grizzled old Met officers in to come and do a bit of work.
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- His beard was grizzled, no?
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And I'm like, I am an old grizzled veteran of the Internet.
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Then he saw the poker game: five grizzled, middle-aged men sitting around a card table.
Fiction book (1997) -
Nevertheless, she loved the grizzled, middle-aged man and had missed talking to him.
Fiction book (1992) -
The military is headed by Carducci, a wiry and grizzled no-bullshit professional.
Fiction book (1996) -
Red Garnett, 60, a grizzled but handsome Texas Ranger, sits at the counter slowly chewing.
Fiction book (1993) -
The actor played a grizzled detective with a tough past that added depth to his character.
Synonyms
148
1.0
Having white or silver hair from age
12
1.1
Having hair that is gray or white because of age
12
1.7
A person who has hair that is white, usually because they are old
3
2.7
A person who has hair that is gray or white, usually because they are older
1
8.9
Having grey or white hair that shows old age
1
4.4
Having mostly white hair because a person is older
Antonyms
How Grey
Surface Forms
Morphology
grizzled = grizzle (semi-transparent) = grizzle + ed
The connection to 'grizzle' is clear, but the specific meaning of having hair streaked with grey or white may not be immediately obvious to all learners.
Etymology
Grizzled comes from an old word for 'grey', from the French gris, and is like the English word 'grey'. So think of hair or fur with small grey or white streaks, which is why grizzled means 'hair or fur mixed with grey or white'.