grizzled

adjective

griz·​zled ˈgri-zəld How to pronounce grizzled (audio)
: sprinkled or streaked with gray : graying
a grizzled beard
also : having gray hair
a grizzled veteran

Examples of grizzled in a Sentence

He had thinning hair and a grizzled beard.
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The first episode immediately introduces Tom (played by Mark Ruffalo), a grizzled former Catholic priest turned FBI agent, and Robbie (Tom Pelphrey), a trash collector with a side hustle robbing drug houses by way of documenting their daily routines. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025 Two-minute drives aren’t easy even for grizzled veterans playing in their own stadium. Matt Barrows, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025 The Great Work is about a grizzled alchemist and his nephew tracking a strange creature through the Washington wilderness near the end of the nineteenth century. Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025 Aside from local sports stories written by grizzled veteran Barry (Duane Shepard), there’s very little material about Toledo in the paper. Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grizzled

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of grizzled was in the 15th century

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“Grizzled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grizzled. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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grizzled

adjective
griz·​zled ˈgriz-əld How to pronounce grizzled (audio)
: sprinkled, streaked, or mixed with gray
a grizzled beard

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