English Explanatory Dictionary

grizzly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Grey-haired, greyish.
  2. Misspelling of grisly.
noun
  1. A grizzly bear.
  2. A grating used to sieve stones by size, so as to keep stones out of the sluices (in hydraulic mining) or to control stone size in the feed to the ore crusher.
adj
  1. Crying or whingeing in a bad-tempered or irritable way.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɹɪzli/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-grizzly.wav

Word forms

grizzly grizzlier grizzliest grizzlies

Etymology

From grizzle + -y.

Synonyms

grizzled grisly hoary elder elderly geriatric gerontologic gerontological long in the tooth matured of a certain age old as Methuselah on in years over the hill senior superannuated ivy-covered preserved wintry gray / grey gray-headed / grey-headed grey-haired / gray-haired grizzly mouldy silver-haired silvery-haired white-haired

Related words

silver-haired silvery-haired white-haired

Derived words

grizzly bear grolar mama grizzly pizzly prizzly grizzliness
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