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grizzled

/ɡɹˈɪzəld/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables
griz-zled
IPA
/ɡɹˈɪzəld/
28
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of grizzle

adj

Greyed, old.

adj

Grey or partly grey.

adj

Streaked or mixed with grey; grizzly; griseous.

Inflected Forms

more grizzled (comparative) most grizzled (superlative)

Derived Forms

grizzledness ungrizzled

Phrases

grizzled skipper

Synonyms

grey-haired grizzly hoary elder elderly geriatric gerontologic gerontological long in the tooth matured of a certain age old as Methuselah

Rhymes With

chiseled fizzled sizzled frizzled

Questions

How do you pronounce grizzled?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɹˈɪzəld/.
What does grizzled mean?
simple past and past participle of grizzle

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