chiseled

[chiz-uhld] / ˈtʃɪz əld /

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carved adj.
clean-cut adj.
rigid adj.

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

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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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chiseled

Through years of extraordinary political upheaval, the sound engineer at No. 10 Downing Street has served as a chiseled omen of great change.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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

“I remember your audition,” she said, her chiseled face dreamy, her lips toying with a smile that she seemed, still, to have to control.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

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