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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
David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2024
Law went shopping himself to find clothes that would fit Terry Husk, a stocky, grizzled federal officer chasing after a charismatic but dangerous leader of a white supremacist group, played by Nicholas Hoult.
—Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
Udo Kier gets his fangs ripped out with pliers and Kris Kristofferson is a grizzled vigilante vampire hunter.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
In late summer and fall, her fur becomes grizzled and light brown in color.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
This isn’t even the first time in the last few years that Neeson has played a grizzled enforcer who turns against his employer after being diagnosed with a severe neurodegenerative disease.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2024
Law went shopping himself to find clothes that would fit Terry Husk, a stocky, grizzled federal officer chasing after a charismatic but dangerous leader of a white supremacist group, played by Nicholas Hoult.
—Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
Udo Kier gets his fangs ripped out with pliers and Kris Kristofferson is a grizzled vigilante vampire hunter.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
In late summer and fall, her fur becomes grizzled and light brown in color.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grizzled
Adjective
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Scarpa also wrote Scott’s J. Paul Getty fictionalization All the Money in the World, Napoleon, and the military-power allegory The Last Castle, but timely political coincidences sustain this otherwise hoary tale.Armond White, National Review, 6 Dec. 2024
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Sir Flaps-a-Lot’s contest rival Hoary Potter and the Guano of Fire, who hails from Oregon is, as its name suggests, a hoary bat.Leslie Katz, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Verb
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First United and Jones complained that the trustee overseeing the auction did not comply with Lopez’s instructions in the bankruptcy proceeding, as the bids were submitted under seal.Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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Healthcare providers including physicians and nurses in particular complained of burnout as the pandemic raged, triggering a mass exodus of these healthcare professionals in the early years of the pandemic.Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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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This craggy rock, covered with squat, temple-like buildings, sandy stone, and dark, foreboding windows, is just a short boat trip from the town, and provides a fantastic backdrop to your stay.William Leigh, theweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Fast-draining sandy soils require more frequent watering than slower-draining clay soils, which benefit from infrequent yet deep watering that allows water to slowly penetrate deeper into the soil.Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2024
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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Justice, many on Germany’s left grumbled, was only blind in the right eye.Longreads, Longreads, 5 Dec. 2024
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Particularly in more pacifist-learning Germany, some grumbled that these warnings are alarmist.Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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But the film that follows — luminously ashen where too many recent movies and TV shows have just been irritatingly dim — is flooded with a moonlight so lucid and alive that even the story’s most stygian moments might as well have been set at high noon.David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
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Blend it in with a finger, a brush, or a sponge, and voila: a summery, outdoorsy flush to keep ashen winter skin at bay.Jenny Berg, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Grizzled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grizzled. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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