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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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“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

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

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

Then the stone was cut, chiseled, and hammered by the stone cutters so it would match the patterns or templates supplied by the master mason.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay