Modifies a noun

• leftie: Observations on life in England in the noughties from a grizzled middle-aged leftie.

• skipper: The large and small skippers are fairly widespread whereas the dingy and grizzled skippers are rarely seen.

• beard: A bent but tall blue hat rose amidst the white lava, followed by a brown forehead and grizzled beard.

• veteran: Eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels trapped in a meaningless life of fixing rides at a seaside amusement park.

• head: His broad, grizzled head, with its shining patch of baldness, was in the immediate foreground of our vision.

• warrior: W Tavern A grizzled warrior sits at a nearby table.