grisly
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li adjective, gris·li·er, gris·li·est.
1.
causing a shudder or feeling of horror; horrible; gruesome: a grisly murder.
2.
formidable; grim: a grisly countenance.
Origin:
before 1150; Middle English; Old English grislīc horrible; cognate with Old High German grīsenlīh
before 1150; Middle English; Old English grislīc horrible; cognate with Old High German grīsenlīh
Related forms
gris·li·ness, noun
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| —adj , -lier, -liest | |
| causing horror or dread; gruesome | |
| [Old English grislic; related to Old Frisian grislik, Old High German grīsenlīh] | |
| 'grisliness1 | |
| —n | |
| grisly2 (ˈɡrɪzlɪ) | |
| —n , pl -lies | |
| obsolete a variant spelling of grizzly | |
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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").
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Example sentences
One of the first items that came up was a particularly grisly prop: a briefly glimpsed dead body.
True or not the inclusion of this grisly story is best explained as a publicity stunt.
There are a lot of grisly and nightmarish aspects on this vessel.
No one knows how they used the grisly cups, but it's clear that they manufactured them with great control.
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