grizzly vs hoary what difference
what is difference between grizzly and hoary
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɪzli/
- Homophone: grisly
Etymology 1
From grizzle + -y.
Adjective
grizzly (comparative grizzlier, superlative grizzliest)
- Grey-haired, greyish.
- Misspelling of grisly.
Usage notes
Not to be confused with grisly or gristly.
Synonyms
- (grey-haired): grizzled, grisly (misspelling), hoary; see also Thesaurus:elderly
Derived terms
- grizzly bear
Related terms
- silver-haired, silvery-haired
- white-haired
Noun
grizzly (plural grizzlies)
- A grizzly bear.
- Shotgun blast kills charging grizzly!
- (US, dialect) In hydraulic mining, a grating used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices.
Translations
Etymology 2
Adjective
grizzly (comparative grizzlier, superlative grizzliest)
- Crying or whingeing in a bad-tempered or irritable way.
Translations
References
- grizzly at OneLook Dictionary Search
- grizzly in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Czech
Alternative forms
- grizly
Etymology
English grizzly
Noun
grizzly m
- grizzly, grizzly bear
Derived terms
- gryzzlí
Further reading
- grizzly in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- grizzly in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English grizzly.
Noun
grizzly
- Synonym of orso grizzly
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English grizzly.
Noun
grizzly m (plural grizzly)
- grizzly bear (A North American subspecies, Ursus arctos horribilis, of the brown bear)
Declension
Synonyms
- urs grizzly
References
grizzly in DEX online – Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
English
Etymology
hoar + -y.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /hɔː.ɹi/
- (US) IPA(key): /hɔɹ.i/
- Rhymes: -ɔːri
- Homophone: whorey
Adjective
hoary (comparative hoarier, superlative hoariest)
- White, whitish, or greyish-white.
- White or grey with age.
- (zoology) Of a pale silvery grey.
- (botany) Covered with short, dense, greyish white hairs; canescent.
- (obsolete) Remote in time past.
- (obsolete) Moldy; mossy; musty.
- Old or old-fashioned; trite.
Synonyms
- (whitish, greyish-white): albescent, griseous, whity
- (white or grey with age): grey-haired, grizzled, grizzly, silver-haired, silvery-haired, white-haired; see also Thesaurus:elderly
- (old): aged, ancient, olden; see also Thesaurus:old
- (botany: covered with greyish-white hairs): canescent
- (remote in time past): bygone, foregone; see also Thesaurus:past
Derived terms
- hoarily
- hoariness
Related terms
- hoar
Translations
Anagrams
- Yahor
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