grizzled
Americanadjective
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having gray or partly gray hair.
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gray or partly gray.
adjective
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streaked or mixed with grey; grizzly; griseous
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having grey or partly grey hair
Other Word Forms
- ungrizzled adjective
Etymology
Origin of grizzled
Example Sentences
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Veteran Madison Bumgarner will be the only thing grizzled for the young Diamondbacks.
From Washington Post
They include a grizzled veteran, played by Howard McGillin, still wearing his Confederate Army grays.
From Washington Post
He was finally replaced in June, but with a grizzled veteran from another age of combat.
From New York Times
He’s heard some doozies, including that it was created by a grizzled old Mexican man who lived at the top of the Davis Mountains and would travel two days by donkey to a bar.
From Washington Post
The grizzled man in the enormous “Deplorables” shirt that bore the likenesses of the Founding Fathers, for example — what were the odds he’d followed public health guidelines?
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