gristly

[ gris-lee ]

adjective

, gris·tli·er, gris·tli·est.

1. resembling or containing gristle; cartilaginous.

Other Words From

• gristli·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of gristly¹

A Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; gristle, -y ¹

Example Sentences

A great bowl of pho requires 14 hours of charring and simmering with loads of bone marrow, and a superior soup uses toppings of high-quality cuts of beef that aren’t sinewy or gristly, he added.

From Seattle Times

Some of the best food we enjoy today started as “peasant meals” — made out of cheap, discarded ingredients treated with love, often braised or smoked until they transform from gristly to glorious meats.

From Seattle Times

Yet with a little sugar, and a simmering dembow beat, Towers’ gristly timbre elasticized into a warm, caramelized tone all his own.

From Los Angeles Times

His “White Noise” is a credible adaptation and a notably faithful one — what an earlier Baumbach character might call the filet of DeLillo’s bristling, gristly book.

From New York Times

There is strength in it, and cleverness and nearly unbearable honesty, yet the enduring aftertaste of such gristly tidbits produces little more than an intense desire to give Ball a big hug.

From Los Angeles Times