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chiseled

[chiz-uhld] / ˈtʃɪz əld /
ADJECTIVE
carved
Synonyms
STRONGEST
engraved sculpted sculptured
STRONG
carven chased cut etched furrowed graved graven grooved hewed hewn modeled scissored slashed sliced whittled
ADJECTIVE
clean-cut
Synonyms
WEAK
categorical clear definite definitive etched explicit express sharp specific unambiguous well-defined
Antonyms
WEAK
ruffled
ADJECTIVE
rigid
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adamant austere definite exact fixed hard-line harsh inflexible intransigent rigorous solid stern stringent uncompromising unyielding
WEAK
adamantine bullheaded changeless dead set determined firm hard incompliant inelastic inexorable invariable locked-in obdurate set set in stone single-minded static strait-laced unalterable unbending unbreakable unchanging undeviating unmoving unpermissive unrelenting
Antonyms
STRONGEST
broken easy flexible gentle imprecise indefinite inexact irresolute lenient mild pliant soft tolerant unfixed unreliable willing yielding
WEAK
bending limber pliable

Example Sentences

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Larry’s the pragmatic choice, but Luke is the romantic one, down to his handsome, chiseled features right out of a supermarket paperback.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2025

If you’ve been there, then you know that the stark and hallowed message of that memorial is “Freedom Is Not Free,” words chiseled in stone.

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2025

With his chiseled jaw, sonorous voice and bodybuilder’s frame, Lagree could be the love child of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Fabio Lanzoni.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

A marketing manager hasn’t taken the plunge yet but was saving up some money to give himself a square, chiseled jawline for his 40th.

From Slate • Sep. 21, 2024

Beneath our feet, stretching from wall to wall, were marble slabs chiseled with writing.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs