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grizzly1(also grizzly bear) nounPlural grizzlies ˈɡrɪzliˈɡrɪzli An animal of a large race of the brown bear native to North America. Ursus arctos horribilis, family Ursidae Example sentencesExamples - There were wolves about in those days, as well as grizzlies in Montana and Alberta.
- Two hundred years ago, as many as 100,000 grizzlies roamed the West.
- The area is home to around 40 grizzlies and an unknown number of smaller black bears.
- By the time the adult grizzly wakes up in the spring, her baby is strong enough to follow her out of the den.
- The polar bear may surpass the Alaskan grizzly in size, with the maximum recorded weighing 726 kg.
adjectivegrizzlier, grizzliest ˈɡrɪzliˈɡrɪzli Grey or grey-haired. Example sentencesExamples - He had a grizzly gray beard, a dirty brown shirt, denim pants and dark black hair that was very untidy.
- You're gonna be a father, what're you doin’ with a grizzly old beard like that?
- The man stood up, and his graying, grizzly brown hair toppled into his brown eyes as he glared at Colin.
- He looked old and gruff, with a grizzly gray beard and a deeply tanned face.
- On the bus from the airport into Reykjavik, there was a crazy man beside me with a grizzly beard and crumpled pieces of paper poking out of the many pockets in his camouflage jacket.
- There were also a surprising number of grizzly old hippies knocking around the venue, who had presumably come along on the strength of the band's Pink Floyd cover, Comfortably Numb.
- Up in the Visitors' Gallery, Cherie Blair - seemingly unaffected by having planted a kiss on Charles Clarke's grizzly chin in the Lobby on the way in - looked on approvingly.
- The man beside me, a burly, smelly man with a grizzly black beard and a mole on his nose, was looking at me strangely.
- A grizzly old man in red flannel shirt stood behind the doorway, holding a deadly looking rifle.
Synonyms grey, greying, greyish, silver, silvery, snowy, snowy-white, white, whitish, hoary, hoar, salt-and-pepper
Usage On the confusion of grizzly and grisly, see grisly Origin Mid 16th century (as adjective): from grizzle1. The noun dates from the early 19th century. A grizzly is a large North American bear which has brown fur with white-tipped hairs. Fearsome though the bear's appearance is, its name has nothing to do with the word grisly. In fact grizzly is a variant of grizzled (Late Middle English), ‘streaked with grey hair’. This comes from Old French gris ‘grey’, whereas grisly is from Old English grislic, meaning ‘terrifying’. Grizzle (mid 18th century) meaning ‘to cry or whine’ is a different word again. It started life in the dialect of Devon and Cornwall, and originally meant ‘to grin or laugh’, so has taken the opposite route to grin.
adjectivegrizzlier, grizzliest ˈɡrɪzliˈɡrɪzli British informal (of a child) inclined to cry fretfully. Example sentencesExamples - ‘Teething powders’ found in pharmacies are homeopathic Chamomilla 3X granules, which can be very soothing for grizzly babies.
- I also had a grizzly child on hand and I knew there would be trouble if he didn't sleep.
grizzly1(also grizzly bear) nounˈɡrɪzliˈɡrizlē An animal of a large race of the brown bear native to North America. Ursus arctos horribilis, family Ursidae Example sentencesExamples - The polar bear may surpass the Alaskan grizzly in size, with the maximum recorded weighing 726 kg.
- The area is home to around 40 grizzlies and an unknown number of smaller black bears.
- There were wolves about in those days, as well as grizzlies in Montana and Alberta.
- Two hundred years ago, as many as 100,000 grizzlies roamed the West.
- By the time the adult grizzly wakes up in the spring, her baby is strong enough to follow her out of the den.
adjectiveˈɡrɪzliˈɡrizlē Gray or gray-haired. Example sentencesExamples - He had a grizzly gray beard, a dirty brown shirt, denim pants and dark black hair that was very untidy.
- He looked old and gruff, with a grizzly gray beard and a deeply tanned face.
- The man stood up, and his graying, grizzly brown hair toppled into his brown eyes as he glared at Colin.
- Up in the Visitors' Gallery, Cherie Blair - seemingly unaffected by having planted a kiss on Charles Clarke's grizzly chin in the Lobby on the way in - looked on approvingly.
- You're gonna be a father, what're you doin’ with a grizzly old beard like that?
- There were also a surprising number of grizzly old hippies knocking around the venue, who had presumably come along on the strength of the band's Pink Floyd cover, Comfortably Numb.
- On the bus from the airport into Reykjavik, there was a crazy man beside me with a grizzly beard and crumpled pieces of paper poking out of the many pockets in his camouflage jacket.
- A grizzly old man in red flannel shirt stood behind the doorway, holding a deadly looking rifle.
- The man beside me, a burly, smelly man with a grizzly black beard and a mole on his nose, was looking at me strangely.
Synonyms grey, greying, greyish, silver, silvery, snowy, snowy-white, white, whitish, hoary, hoar, salt-and-pepper
Origin Mid 16th century (as adjective): from grizzle. The noun dates from the early 19th century. adjectiveˈɡrɪzliˈɡrizlē British informal (of a child) inclined to cry fretfully. Example sentencesExamples - ‘Teething powders’ found in pharmacies are homeopathic Chamomilla 3X granules, which can be very soothing for grizzly babies.
- I also had a grizzly child on hand and I knew there would be trouble if he didn't sleep.
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