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to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
the kind of person who wouldn't be happy if she didn't have something to grizzle about
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Recent Examples of grizzled
Michael Loria, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
And it’s paid off; Laymon notes that several people are surprised to see his name in the end credits and even more shocked to realize that the grizzled man sporting scruffy stubble is Stewart.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
Here, Mitchell is a grizzled, reclusive homebody who prefers puzzles to people, and who must suddenly reckon with both, in the outside world.
—Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
Mulgrew and Rhames are reliably great, and Marin Ireland takes the grizzled cop archetype to new levels of surliness, but the cast is left to carry too heavy a bag.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
The Virgin isles are a place of stiff rums rather than grizzled whale meats in the frosty expanse of Greenland.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
And it’s paid off; Laymon notes that several people are surprised to see his name in the end credits and even more shocked to realize that the grizzled man sporting scruffy stubble is Stewart.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
Here, Mitchell is a grizzled, reclusive homebody who prefers puzzles to people, and who must suddenly reckon with both, in the outside world.
—Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
Mulgrew and Rhames are reliably great, and Marin Ireland takes the grizzled cop archetype to new levels of surliness, but the cast is left to carry too heavy a bag.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grizzled
Adjective
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Sometimes a good story or excellent execution can overcome hoary material.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
6 Apr. 2025
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His performance in Top Gun proves the hoary old thespian adage that there are no small parts, just actors who aren’t as good as Val Kilmer.—
John DeVore,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Kirby Smart complained about the call afterward but seemed to misinterpret what being set over the ball meant.—
Pete Sampson,
The Athletic,
4 Jan. 2025
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The year before, the prison had been the site of two back-to-back riots in which inmates had burned mattresses to protest inadequate medical care and the persistent use of solitary confinement to punish prisoners who complained.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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During cold weather the moisture precipitates out of the air onto every branch and willow bush, coating them in a layer of hoar frost.—
Seth Adams,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2023
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Surface hoar is created when water vapor is deposited on the snow surface, like dew.—
Lisa M. Krieger,
The Mercury News,
18 Jan. 2024
Adjective
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Sifting through the sandy dirt on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, archaeologists expected to find something.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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Sea turtles, for example, haul themselves out onto beaches during breeding season to dig nests and plop dozens of eggs into the sandy divots before returning to the waves.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Polley and cinematographer Luc Montpellier shoot the story in a muted palette, not quite sepia but not quite color either, reflecting the limited world of its characters.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2023
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The harsh, desaturated look of Luc Montpellier’s cinematography — not quite black-and-white, not quite sepia — establishes an ambiance of persistent, disorienting unreality.—
Justin ChangFilm Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Dec. 2022
Adjective
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More white people claim the credit than Black people certainly.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2023
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The only racial group that saw a decrease in suicide rates across age cohorts was non-Hispanic white people.—
Ellen Barry,
BostonGlobe.com,
11 Feb. 2023
Verb
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For decades, Yankees players, for the most part, grumbled but complied.—
Marc Edelman,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Some Russian cheerleaders of the war grumbled on social media that a deal with the United States could sell out the soldiers on the battlefield.—
Anton Troianovski,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The urologist’s face, lit by the glow of these images, was ashen.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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As the trial got underway, her clients sat ashen at the defense table.—
J. David Goodman,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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“Grizzled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grizzled. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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