grizzly

comparative grizzlier · superlative grizzliest

1. Grey-haired, greyish.

   Synonyms: grizzled, grisly, hoary, elder, elderly, geriatric, gerontologic, gerontological

2. misspellingMisspelling of grisly.

   This after Taliban militants led a grizzly campaign of attacks, including beheadings, kidnappings and the destruction of dozens of girls' schools.

   2009 February 5, Campbell Brown, “Commentary: Pakistan gives in to terrorists”, in CNN

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   The walls were entirely hidden by bookshelves, or by cases containing rare specimens of fossil bones and reptile skeletons. Here was a grizzly crocodile, its teeth white and sharp as when they glistened in the waters of the Nile;...

   1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Age and Youth”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 10

plural grizzlies

1. A grizzly bear.

   Shotgun blast kills charging grizzly!

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   Dozens of grizzlies and hundreds of moose have been killed by train strikes this decade in British Columbia alone.

   2026 September 16, Dickon Ross, “Animal tracks”, in RAIL, number 1070, page 3

2. CanadaUSdialectalbusinessA 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.

comparative grizzlier · superlative grizzliest

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

   a grizzly baby