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grisly
1[ griz-lee ]
adjective
- causing a shudder or feeling of horror; horrible; gruesome:
a grisly murder.
- formidable; grim:
a grisly countenance.
grisly
2[ gris-lee ]
adjective
- an obsolete spelling of gristly.
grisly
1/ ˈɡrɪzlɪ /
adjective
- causing horror or dread; gruesome
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Derived Forms
- ˈgrisliness, noun
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Other Words From
- grisli·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of grisly1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of grisly1
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Example Sentences
He admitted responsibility without hesitation, and in meticulous, grisly detail.
These grisly images drew a huge audience, and allowed that audience to indulge in righteous indignation.
In the wake of such a grisly screw up, it is tempting to play the blame game.
Moreover, Saudi Arabia and Iran have notoriously carried out even the more grisly penalties of shariah.
The grisly footage obtained by BFMTV shows the French-speaking fighters arriving at a scene splayed with bodies.
Pit your shovel in here an' lift this pickle, an' no' stand there gapin' like a grisly ghost at the door o' hell!
This appears in several witch trials and I think in Law's Memorials, that delightful storehouse of the quaint and grisly.
Then up rose two long spears; spears topped with grisly, rounded objects.
Rw-no-way-wh-krah, the Loose Pipe-stem; a brave (full length); eagle head-dress, shirt of grisly bears skin.
Pa-ris-ka-ro-pa, the Two Crows; with a handsome shirt, ornamented with ermine, and necklace of grisly bears claws.
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