grizzly
/ˈɡɹɪzli/
grizzly adjective: grey-haired, greyish. Also the misspelling of grisly.
Adjective (1)
grizzly (comparative grizzlier, superlative grizzliest)
- Grey-haired, greyish.
- Synonyms:
- grizzled, grisly, hoary, elder, elderly, geriatric, gerontologic, gerontological, long in the tooth, matured
Noun
grizzly (plural grizzlies)
- A grizzly bear.
- Shotgun blast kills charging grizzly!
- A grating used to sieve stones by size, so as to keep stones out of the sluices (in hydraulic mining) or to control stone size in the feed to the ore crusher.
Adjective (2)
grizzly (comparative grizzlier, superlative grizzliest)
- Crying or whingeing in a bad-tempered or irritable way.
- a grizzly baby
Also used as
grizzly is also the misspelling of grisly.
grizzly meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
grizzly in Hindi
- ग्रिज़ली, ग्रीज़ली, ग्रिजली
grizzly in Tamil
- கிரீஸ்லி
grizzly in Urdu
- گریزلی
grizzly in Bengali
- গ্রিজলি
More languagesFewer languages
- grizzly in Telugu
- గ్రిజ్లీ, గ్రిజ్లి
- grizzly in Malayalam
- ഗ്രിജ്ലി
- grizzly in Kannada
- ಗ್ರಿಜ್ಲಿ, ಗ್ರಿಝ್ಲಿ
- grizzly in Punjabi
- ਗ੍ਰਿਜ਼ਲੀ, ਗ੍ਰੀਜ਼ਲੀ
- grizzly in Odia
- ଗ୍ରିଜ୍ଲି, ଗ୍ରିଜଲି
- grizzly in Nepali
- ग्रिज्ली, ग्रिजली
Examples of grizzly in a sentence
- Black bears can tree their cubs for protection, but grizzly bears cannot.
- Along the central coast of British Columbia, grizzly bears go by many names.
- She was like a momma grizzly when it came to the company and its employees.
Synonyms of grizzly
16 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- 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
- silver-haired
- silvery-haired
- white-haired
- mouldy
Forms of grizzly
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | grizzlier |
| superlative | grizzliest |
| Noun | |
| plural | grizzlies |
Origin of grizzly
From grizzle + -y.
Words formed from grizzly
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Questions about grizzly
- What does grizzly mean?
- Grizzly means grey-haired, greyish.
- What is grizzly in Hindi?
- Grizzly in Hindi is ग्रिज़ली, ग्रीज़ली, ग्रिजली. See Grizzly meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is grizzly?
- Grizzly can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce grizzly?
- Grizzly is pronounced /ˈɡɹɪzli/.
Words near grizzly in the dictionary
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