Grizzly
WordNet
adjective
(1) Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
"Whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge
"Nodded his hoary head"
noun
(2) Powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- Grey-haired, greyish.
- [Listed by Merriam-Webster Unabridged as a legitimate variant spelling.]
- 2008, Campbell Brown, " Commentary: Pakistan gives in to terrorists," CNN, Feb. 5, 2009:
- This after Taliban militants led a grizzly campaign of attacks, including beheadings, kidnappings and the destruction of dozens of girls' schools.
- 2008, Campbell Brown, " Commentary: Pakistan gives in to terrorists," CNN, Feb. 5, 2009: