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- Dictionarygrizzly/ˈɡrɪzli/
noun
- 1. an animal of a large race of the brown bear native to North America.
adjective
- 1. grey or grey-haired: "a grizzly beard"
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used to describe a person whose hair is becoming grey or white, or the hair itself: He saw the farmer's grizzly face and asked to take his picture. His grizzly facial hair has gone. Synonyms. greying (HAIR) grizzled. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. grizzly adjective (COMPLAINING) UK.
Grizzly means "sprinkled or streaked with gray," and grisly means "inspiring horror or intense fear" or "inspiring disgust or distaste." "Are grizzly and grisly from the same root?" Although these two words are spelled in similar fashion and are often confused, they do not share a root.
2 meanings: 1. somewhat grey; grizzled 2. → See grizzly bear.... Click for more definitions.
used to describe a person whose hair is becoming gray or white, or the hair itself: He saw the farmer's grizzly face and asked to take his picture. His grizzly facial hair has all been shaved off. Synonyms. graying (HAIR) US. grizzled. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. grizzly adjective (COMPLAINING) UK.
A grizzly is a large North American species of bear also known as a silvertip bear. When you go camping and hiking in the western United States, park rangers might teach you what to do if you see a grizzly.
Grizzly definition: somewhat gray; grayish.. See examples of GRIZZLY used in a sentence.
adj, -zlier or -zliest. (Colours) somewhat grey; grizzled. n, pl -zlies. (Animals) See grizzly bear. Usage: Grizzly is sometimes wrongly used where grisly is meant: a grisly (not grizzly) murder.
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word grizzly. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
grizzly. 2 ENTRIES FOUND: grizzly (noun) grizzly bear (noun) grizzly / ˈ grɪzli/ noun. plural grizzlies. Britannica Dictionary definition of GRIZZLY. [count] : grizzly bear.
noun. grizzlies. Grizzly bear. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. (US, dialect) In hydraulic mining, a grating used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices. Wiktionary. Synonyms:
