: sprinkled or streaked with gray : graying
a grizzled beard
also
: having gray hair
a grizzled veteran
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He had thinning hair and a grizzled beard.
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
The grizzled hardware veteran has a reputation for solid PCs at fair prices, and being able to take discounts of up to 35% on popular laptops and desktops is a rare opportunity.
—PC Magazine, 11 Nov. 2025
American Express, the grizzled veteran of consumer debt, was hosting its premium cardholders inside the hallowed grounds, seating them in the fourth row of Centre Court and serving them high tea in a beige suite adorned with hanging petunias.
—Alyson Krueger, Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025
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
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“Grizzled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grizzled. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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grizzled
adjective
griz·zled
ˈgriz-əld 
: sprinkled, streaked, or mixed with gray
a grizzled beard
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