Grizzled

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: griz=zled

CIDE DICTIONARY

Grizzled, a. 

 Gray; grayish; sprinkled or mixed with gray; of a mixed white and black.  [1913 Webster]
"Grizzled hair flowing in elf locks."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Grizzled, adj. having, or streaked with, grey hair.

Etymology

grizzle grey f. OF grisel f. gris grey

THESAURUS

Grizzled

Quaker-colored, acier, argent, argentine, ashen, ashy, canescent, chalky, cinereous, cinerous, cretaceous, dapple, dapple-gray, dappled, dappled-gray, dingy, dismal, dove-colored, dove-gray, dreary, dull, dusty, fleecy-white, frosted, frosty, glaucescent, glaucous, gray, gray-black, gray-brown, gray-colored, gray-drab, gray-green, gray-spotted, gray-toned, gray-white, grayed, grayish, griseous, grizzle, grizzly, hoar, hoary, iron-gray, lactescent, lead-gray, leaden, lily-white, livid, marble, marmoreal, milky, mouse-colored, mouse-gray, mousy, niveous, pearl, pearl-gray, pearly, platinum, pure white, sad, silver, 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

ROGET THESAURUS

Grizzled

Gray

N gray, neutral tint, silver, pepper and salt, chiaroscuro, grisaille, Payne's gray, black, gray, grey, iron-gray, dun, drab, dingy, leaden, livid, somber, sad, pearly, russet, roan, calcareous, limy, favillous, silver, silvery, silvered, ashen, ashy, cinereous, cineritious, grizzly, grizzled, slate-colored, stone-colored, mouse-colored, ash-colored, cool.

Variegation

N variegation, colors, dichroism, trichroism, iridescence, play of colors, polychrome, maculation, spottiness, striae, spectrum, rainbow, iris, tulip, peacock, chameleon, butterfly, tortoise shell, mackerel, mackerel sky, zebra, leopard, cheetah, nacre, ocelot, ophite, mother-of-pearl, opal, marble, check, plaid, tartan, patchwork, marquetry-, parquetry, mosaic, tesserae, strigae, chessboard, checkers, chequers, harlequin, Joseph's coat, tricolor, variegated, many-colored, many-hued, divers-colored, party- colored, dichromatic, polychromatic, bicolor, tricolor, versicolor, of all the colors of the rainbow, of all manner of colors, kaleidoscopic, iridescent, opaline, opalescent, prismatic, nacreous, pearly, shot, gorge de pigeon, chatoyant, irisated, pavonine, pied, piebald, motley, mottled, marbled, pepper and salt, paned, dappled, clouded, cymophanous, mosaic, tesselated, plaid, tortoise shell, spotted, spotty, punctated, powdered, speckled, freckled, flea-bitten, studded, flecked, fleckered, striated, barred, veined, brinded, brindled, tabby, watered, grizzled, listed, embroidered, daedal, naevose, stipiform, strigose, striolate, (iii) PERCEPTIONS OF LIGHT.