Grizzly

//ˈɡɹɪzli//

Synonyms for "grizzly" (105 found)

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Closest matches (21)

grizzled acier argent argentine ashen ashy canescent chalky cinereous cinerous cretaceous dapple dapple gray dapple-gray dappled dappled-gray dingy dismal dove-colored dove-gray

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dreary

Strong matches (32)

dull dusty fleecy-white frosted frosty glaucescent glaucous gray gray haired gray-black gray-brown gray-colored gray-drab gray-green gray-spotted gray-toned gray-white grayed grayish griseous

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grisly grizzle grizzly bear

Adjective(3 words)

elderly grisly grizzled

Adjective(6 words)

gray gray-haired gray-headed grey grey-haired grey-headed

Related words (52)

Noun(5 words)

grizzly bear silver-tip silvertip ursus arctos horribilis ursus horribilis

hoar hoary iron-gray lactescent lead-gray leaden lily-white livid marble marmoreal milky mouse colored mouse-colored mouse-gray mousy niveous pearl pearl-gray pearly platinum

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pure white quaker-colored sad silver silver tip silver-gray silvered silvery slate-colored slaty smoke-gray smoky snow-white snowy sober somber steel-gray steely stone-colored swan-white taupe white white as snow

Adjective(3 words)

hoar hoary white-haired

Adjective(1 words)

hoary

Related word relations

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10 relation types

More general

3 entries

Ursus arctos brown bear bruin

Synonyms

4 entries

gray haired grisly grizzled grizzly bear

Related terms

3 entries

silver-haired silvery-haired white-haired

derived

6 entries

grizzliness grizzly bear grolar mama grizzly pizzly prizzly

derived from

1 entries

grizzle

form of

1 entries

grisly

has context

2 entries

dialect us

is a

2 entries

bear brown bear

related to

25 entries

bear bear type big big bear big brown brown brown bear brown fur describe describe bear fizzle fizzy fur grating grey haired greyish

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similar

1 entries

old

Translations

1 translations across 1 languages.

Māori

1 entries

hawihawi adj (Crying or whinging)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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What should I do if I'm attacked by a grizzly bear?

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Dan made a grizzly discovery.

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Tom was attacked by a grizzly bear.

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Layla thinks that a dingo is as big as a grizzly.

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