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

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Its details are sharply chiseled and fluted, in the Streamline Moderne mode, and they turn what would otherwise be raw construction into lyrical architecture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026

I’m just like, “Wow, you look like a chiseled goddess.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Farther down the Strip, I chatted with a convincing Captain America, whose chiseled jawline and sandy blond hair were betrayed only by his height, about 5-foot-10.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025

He’s got big hands and his chiseled body should help make him a dominant figure when the Knights get him the ball.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2025

The rock was smooth, flat, and now that there was light, I could see writing chiseled on it.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

chiseled

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