grizzled
adjective
[ ˈɡrɪz(ə)ld ]
• having or streaked with grey hair.
• "grizzled hair"
Similar:
grey,
greying,
greyish,
silver,
silvery,
snowy,
snowy white,
white,
whitish,
grizzly,
hoary,
hoar,
salt-and-pepper,
grey-haired,
grey-headed,
griseous,
canescent,
Origin:
late Middle English: from the adjective grizzle1 + -ed1.
grizzle
verb
• (of a child) cry fretfully.
• "sometimes children grizzled, sometimes they wailed"
Similar:
cry,
cry fretfully,
weep,
whimper,
whine,
mewl,
moan,
bleat,
snivel,
sob,
wail,
howl,
bawl,
greet,
whinge,
boohoo,
blubber,
blub,
turn on the waterworks,
Origin:
mid 18th century (in the sense ‘show the teeth, grin’): of unknown origin.
