Standard Lemma guide

grizzled

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: G R IH1 Z AH0 L D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Greyed, old.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grey-haired, grizzly, hoary, elder, elderly, geriatric, gerontologic, gerontological, long in the tooth, matured, of a certain age, old as Methuselah, on in years, over the hill, senior, superannuated, ivy-covered, preserved, wintry, gray / grey, gray-headed / grey-headed, grey-haired / gray-haired, grisly, grizzled, mouldy, silver-haired, silvery-haired, white-haired

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Grey or partly grey.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gray / grey, grayey / greyey, grayish / greyish, griseous, grisescent, hoary

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Streaked or mixed with grey; grizzly; griseous.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of grizzle

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

having dark hairs mixed with grey or white

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شائِب (šāʔib) — greyed
  • Bulgarian: прошарен (prošaren) — greyed
  • Bulgarian: посивял (posivjal) — greyed
  • Māori: tārekoreko — greyed
  • Russian: седо́й (sedój) — greyed
  • Russian: поседе́вший (posedévšij) — greyed
  • Spanish: entrecano — greyed
  • Spanish: rucio — greyed
  • Ukrainian: сивий (syvyj) — greyed
  • Ukrainian: посивілий (posyvilyj) — greyed