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Definitions

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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“I felt so much pressure every time I go on Instagram and I see these chiseled, really fit, good-looking guys,” says Robinson, a 31-year-old Manhattan resident who designs hospitals.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Man, if my chest hair wasn’t going visibly gray and I was instead a lanky, chiseled Zoomer with a hit LP I might feel the same way about top buttons.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026

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

Butler ditched the guitar and bedazzled tracksuits for a hairless, chiseled physique and piercing stare — a menacing figure that the film’s director, Denis Villeneuve, carefully measured.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024

He had a chiseled face with lips and eyes that were somewhere between feminine beautiful and masculine handsome.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan