grizzled

grizzled
Synonyms and related words:
Quaker-colored, acier, argent, argentine, ashen, ashy, canescent, chalky, cinereous, cinerous, cretaceous, dapple, dapple-gray, dappled, dappled-gray, dingy, dismal, dove-colored, dove-gray, dreary, dull, dusty, fleecy-white, frosted, frosty, glaucescent, glaucous, gray, gray-black, gray-brown, gray-colored, gray-drab, gray-green, gray-spotted, gray-toned, gray-white, grayed, grayish, griseous, grizzle, grizzly, hoar, hoary, iron-gray, lactescent, lead-gray, leaden, lily-white, livid, marble, marmoreal, milky, mouse-colored, mouse-gray, mousy, niveous, pearl, pearl-gray, pearly, platinum, pure white, sad, silver, silver-gray, silvered, silvery, slate-colored, slaty, smoke-gray, smoky, snow-white, snowy, sober, somber, steel-gray, steely, stone-colored, swan-white, taupe, white, white as snow

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  • Grizzled — Griz zled, a. Gray; grayish; sprinkled or mixed with gray; of a mixed white and black. [1913 Webster] Grizzled hair flowing in elf locks. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • grizzled — gray in color, early 14c. (in surname Grissel), a pp. adj. from GRIZZLE (Cf. grizzle), or from O.Fr. grisel gray, dim. of gris gray, from a Frankish or other Germanic source (Cf. O.H.G. gris gray; see GRAY (Cf. gray), also Cf. AMBERGRIS …   Etymology dictionary

  • grizzled — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having grey or grey streaked hair. ORIGIN from Old French gris grey …   English terms dictionary

  • grizzled — [griz′əld] adj. [< GRIZZLE1 + ED] 1. gray or streaked with gray 2. having gray hair …   English World dictionary

  • grizzled — [[t]grɪ̱z(ə)ld[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n A grizzled person or a person with grizzled hair has hair that is grey or partly grey. ...a grizzled old age pensioner... He was an old man with grey, grizzled hair …   English dictionary

  • grizzled — griz|zled [ grızld ] adjective a grizzled person has gray hair and looks old: a grizzled veteran a. grizzled hair is gray or partly gray …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • grizzled — adjective Date: 15th century sprinkled or streaked with gray ; graying < a grizzled beard >; also having gray hair < a grizzled veteran > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • grizzled — griz|zled [ˈgrızəld] adj literary [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: grisel gray , from gris] having grey or greyish hair grizzled hair/head/beard etc ▪ a grizzled old man …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • grizzled — UK [ˈɡrɪz(ə)ld] / US adjective a) a grizzled person has grey hair and looks old b) grizzled hair is grey or partly grey …   English dictionary

  • grizzled — /ˈgrɪzəld / (say grizuhld) adjective 1. grey haired, or partly grey haired: *A grizzled little man, very dapper and precise –mary grant bruce, 1924. 2. grey: *her grizzled hair stood more perversely erect, like a forest of ill thoughts –oliné… …  

  • grizzled — adj. Grizzled is used with these nouns: ↑beard, ↑hair, ↑veteran …   Collocations dictionary

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