grizzled

[ griz-uhld ]

adjective

1. having gray or partly gray hair.
2. gray or partly gray.

grizzled

/ ˈɡrɪzəld /

adjective

1. streaked or mixed with grey; grizzly; griseous
2. having grey or partly grey hair

Other Words From

• un·grizzled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of grizzled¹

1350–1400; Middle English. See grizzle ¹, -ed ³

Example Sentences

A grizzled man singing into a microphone, his feet sandy and splayed.

From Los Angeles Times

In this warm and witty track from his album “Closer to the Bone,” he utilizes that grizzled perspective to redouble his support for Sinéad O’Connor, whom he famously defended after she was attacked for ripping up a photo of Pope John Paul II on “Saturday Night Live” in 1992.

From Los Angeles Times

A two-time Grammy nominee and a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Souther — whose survivors include two sisters and a former wife and her daughter — later moved to Nashville and returned to record-making in 2008 with the jazzy “If the World Was You,” which he quickly followed with several more albums and a recurring part as a grizzled country music fixer on ABC’s soapy “Nashville.”

From Los Angeles Times

A grizzled Gibson is always a compelling screen presence; the late, great Liotta is appropriately terrifying too.

From Los Angeles Times

A young face among all the grizzled visages, Brittney Spencer — who got a boost this year when Beyoncé featured her on “Cowboy Carter” — opened the concert with a sly and buoyant performance that climaxed with a mashup of Garth Brooks’ “Friends in Low Places” and her own “I Got Time.”

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