grizzly

CEFRC2

/ˈɡɹɪzli/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A large brown bear found in North America.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A grizzly bear.

Examples

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

  • Dan made a grizzly discovery.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
1
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A grating used to sieve stones by size, so as to keep stones out of the sluices (in hydraulic mining) or to control stone size in the feed to the ore crusher.

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Grey-haired, greyish.

  2. Crying or whingeing in a bad-tempered or irritable way.

More examples

In context

  • Shotgun blast kills charging grizzly!

  • a grizzly baby

  • This after Taliban militants led a grizzly campaign of attacks, including beheadings, kidnappings and the destruction of dozens of girls' schools.

Synonyms

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The blank bear let out a loud roar that scared all the campers.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From grizzle + -y.