as in hoary
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
as in complained
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
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Examples Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of grizzled
Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024
Before showing up at Arnie and Zack’s home for dinner, Sam swings by a guitar shop/arms cache run by a grizzled veteran, Bingo (played by Rat Scabies of the Damned!), and takes a few investigative steps into Jason’s murder that turn up a bullet casing from the sniper’s likely perch.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
Gallagher plays Mate – the absence of proper names gives the musical the universality of a folk song – who genially greets and gives orders to ensemble of grizzled sailor-whalers setting off for the open sea.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
The statue gives him the thick, grizzled look of a man in his mid-50s.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for grizzled 
Adjective
Dexter: Original Sin flashes back to a young Dexter Morgan to pass the torch from Michael C. Hall’s grizzled, fugitive serial killer in present-day to 1991’s wide-eyed forensics Miami Metro intern played by Patrick Gibson.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024
Before showing up at Arnie and Zack’s home for dinner, Sam swings by a guitar shop/arms cache run by a grizzled veteran, Bingo (played by Rat Scabies of the Damned!), and takes a few investigative steps into Jason’s murder that turn up a bullet casing from the sniper’s likely perch.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
Gallagher plays Mate – the absence of proper names gives the musical the universality of a folk song – who genially greets and gives orders to ensemble of grizzled sailor-whalers setting off for the open sea.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
The statue gives him the thick, grizzled look of a man in his mid-50s.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for grizzled
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grizzled
Adjective
-
The 1922 German expressionist film cribbed the plot of Stoker’s Dracula (with some alterations) and created the first horror-movie masterpiece, conjuring a unique take on one of the genre’s hoariest texts.David Sims, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
-
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
Verb
-
On March 4, 2021, Williams complained to Rollins that everyone was still ignoring his advice.Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 4 Jan. 2025
-
Sepulveda complained about the judge’s biased views with Mexican American Bar Association members.Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
-
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
-
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
-
Nestled in tropical greenery upon a sandy beach overlooking the Gulf of Siam, the Four Seasons Koh Samui is an idyllic shoot location.Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2025
-
But, as great as all that is, the private staircase that zigzags down the cliff to Big Dume’s sandy beachfront is the icing on this cake.Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
-
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
-
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
-
More white people claim the credit than Black people certainly.Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
-
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
-
Nick Saban never grumbled when his coaches moved up to coordinators or were hired away to become head coaches for other teams.Edward Tuorinsky, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
-
Children grumbled in their homes.Margaux Laskey, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Adjective
-
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
-
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
Thesaurus Entries Near grizzled
Cite this Entry
“Grizzled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grizzled. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share