chiseled

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/ˈt͡ʃɪzəld/

adjective

Having strongly defined facial features.

UncommonScrabble 14

Meanings

adjectivechiseled (comparative more chiseled, superlative most chiseled)

comparative more chiseled · superlative most chiseled · alternative UK chiselled

  1. USHaving strongly defined facial features.
  2. Having well-developed muscles with minimal bodyfat.

    But I thought he looked beautiful, and also like a man. He was tall and blond, chiselled and muscular.

    2022, Rosie Brooks, Flo, Grosvenor House Publishing, →ISBN
    1 more example

    […] you want the wide shoulders and chiseled torso that women don't just notice, they occasionally grab.

    2008, Nate Green, Built for Show, page 4
verb

alternative UK chiselled

  1. USparticiplepastsimple past and past participle of chisel

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

chiseled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiseled

MLA

“chiseled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiseled. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chiseled,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiseled.

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