grisly, grizzled, grizzly

Gruesome or disgusting sights are grisly.

  • Nurses and paramedics are likely to encounter grisly sights in their work.

Beards, hair and animal fur flecked with grey are said to be grizzled.

  • Tim’s blue eyes sparkled beneath his grizzled thatch of hair.

The bear is a grizzly; the plural is grizzlies.

  • The grizzly is native to western Canada.
  • When hiking in the Rockies, stay away from grizzly bears (or grizzlies).

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