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View synonyms for grizzly

grizzly

[ griz-lee ]

adjective

, griz·zli·er, griz·zli·est.
  1. somewhat gray; grayish.
  2. having hair that is gray; gray-haired.


noun

, plural griz·zlies.
  1. a device for screening ore, consisting of a row of iron or steel bars.

grizzly

/ ˈɡrɪzlɪ /

adjective

  1. somewhat grey; grizzled


noun

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Usage

Grizzly is sometimes wrongly used where grisly is meant: a grisly (not grizzly ) murder

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Word History and Origins

Origin of grizzly1

First recorded in 1585–95; grizzle 1 + -y 1

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Example Sentences

“Management” in this situation means issuing permits for trophy grizzly hunts.

The Reservation is sovereign Indian land, and the grizzly is a sacred animal to these tribes.

Current human-caused grizzly mortality is at a near record high: 56 killed in 2012.

FWS submitted a formal rule and delisted the grizzly in 2007, but was sued by wildlife groups.

Experts generally consider known mortality to represent about half of actual grizzly bear deaths for the ecosystem.

Besides, there was the ever unceasing grizzly spectre of poverty dangling before Jessie's eyes.

It was but a short ride to Bear Rock, so named because a huge boulder so resembled the head of 76 a ferocious grizzly.

I bought some candy, and gave it to the monkeys and the Rocky Mountain grizzly bears.

Little Raven suddenly identified them as cubs of the grizzly bear.

Archie Lawanne came back downstream with two grizzly pelts, and Hollister met Bland for the first time.

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