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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

“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

And yet, though he at first worried he wouldn’t look big enough, Gadd refused to portray Ruben with a chiseled physique conceived for mere aesthetics.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 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

He took out his knife and chiseled at it with care.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

chiseled

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