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grizzly

/ˈɡɹɪzli/noun, adjective2 syllables

Grizzly means: showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair.

Synonyms for grizzly24

noun, as in powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America

grizzly bear, silvertip, silver-tip, Ursus horribilis, Ursus arctos horribilis

adjective, as in showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair

grey, gray, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, hoar, hoary, white-haired, old

also used for grizzly

grizzled, grisly, elder, elderly, geriatric, gerontologic, gerontological, long in the tooth, matured

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What does grizzly mean?2

adjective

1

showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair“whose beard with age is hoar”

noun

1

powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Grizzly in a sentence

  • Though terrifying, grizzlies eat mostly fish, berries, grubs, and the occasional sheep.Cangarejo
  • Layla thinks that a dingo is as big as a grizzly.OsoHombre
  • The grizzly bear is the largest land carnivore in the world.OsoHombre
  • This grizzly bear is twenty five years old.OsoHombre
  • This area is home to thousands of grizzly bears.OsoHombre
  • There is a high concentration of grizzly bears in this area.OsoHombre
  • The grizzly bear headed to the river to fish.OsoHombre
  • Grizzly bears eat up to two hundred species of plants.OsoHombre

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Forms of grizzly

as a noun

plural
grizzlies

as a adjective

comparative
grizzlier
superlative
grizzliest