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Meaning of 'grisly' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Grisly [ a.]
- Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter.

Meaning of 'grisly' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . grisly [ s]
Meaning (1):
- shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
Example in sentence:
  • a grisly murder;
  • ghastly wounds;
  • gruesome evidence of human sacrifice;
  • macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages;
  • macabre tortures conceived by madmen;
  • the grim aftermath of the bombing;
  • the grim task of burying the victims

Nearby Words:

gribble grice grid griddle griddlecake gride grided gridelin griding gridiron

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