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grisliness

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gris⋅ly

1  [griz-lee]
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–adjective, -li⋅er, -li⋅est.
1. causing a shudder or feeling of horror; horrible; gruesome: a grisly murder.
2. formidable; grim: a grisly countenance.
Origin:
bef. 1150; ME; OE grislīc horrible; c. OHG grīsenlīh

Related forms:
gris⋅li⋅ness, noun
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gris·ly   (grĭz'lē)   
adj.   gris·li·er, gris·li·est
Inspiring repugnance; gruesome. See Synonyms at ghastly.

[Middle English grisli, from Old English grislīc; see ghrēi- in Indo-European roots.]
gris'li·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

grisly 
O.E. grislic "horrible, dreadful," from grisan "to shudder, fear" (cf Du. griezelen, Ger. grausen "to shudder, fear").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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