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chiseled

American  
[chiz-uhld] / ˈtʃɪz əld /
especially British, chiselled

adjective

  1. cut, shaped, etc., with a chisel.

    chiseled stone.

  2. sharply or clearly shaped; clear-cut.

    She has finely chiseled features.


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Etymology

Origin of chiseled

First recorded in 1730–40; chisel + -ed 2


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He continues by "mewing," a TikTok trend where people suck in their cheeks and point a finger at their jawline to emphasize their chiseled features.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

Its details are sharply chiseled and fluted, in the Streamline Moderne mode, and they turn what would otherwise be raw construction into lyrical architecture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

Man, if my chest hair wasn’t going visibly gray and I was instead a lanky, chiseled Zoomer with a hit LP I might feel the same way about top buttons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2026

Larry’s the pragmatic choice, but Luke is the romantic one, down to his handsome, chiseled features right out of a supermarket paperback.

From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2025

Over them, chiseled deep into the stone, were the words Vorfelan Rhinata Morie.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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