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Grizzly Common

Grizzly has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

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

"The hikers froze in awe as a grizzly lumbered out from behind the pine trees, its massive paws crushing dry leaves underfoot."

2

A grizzly bear.

"The ranger spotted a massive grizzly foraging near the riverbank and immediately advised everyone to turn back."

Adjective
1

showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair

"whose beard with age is hoar"

"nodded his hoary head"

2

Grey-haired, greyish.

"After hours of waiting for his flight, he began grizzily complaining about every minor inconvenience the airline staff could possibly overlook."

3

Crying or whingeing in a bad-tempered or irritable way.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
brown bear
Rhyming Words
mizzly pizzly sozzly puzzly drizzly frizzly prizzly twizzly mama grizzly
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