grisly

gris·ly  (grzl)

adj. gris·li·er, gris·li·est

Inspiring repugnance; gruesome. See Synonyms at ghastly.

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[Middle English grisli, from Old English grislc; see ghri- in Indo-European roots.]

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grisli·ness n.

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grisly¹

adj -lier, -liest

causing horror or dread; gruesome

[Old English grislic; related to Old Frisian grislik, Old High German grīsenlīh]

grisliness  n

Usage: See at grizzly

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grisly²

n pl -lies

Obsolete a variant spelling of grizzly

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

grisly - shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen" ghastly, gruesome, macabre, grim, sick alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger

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grisly

adjective gruesome, shocking, terrible, awful, terrifying, appalling, horrible, grim, dreadful, sickening, ghastly, hideous, macabre, horrid, frightful, abominable, hellacious (U.S. slang) a series of grisly murders
nice, attractive, charming, pleasant, agreeable, innocuous

Translations

grisly [ˈgrɪzlɪ] ADJ (grislier (compar) (grisliest (superl))) (= horrible) → horroroso; (= horrifying) → horripilante

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grisly [ˈgrɪzli] adj → macabre

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grisly

adj (+er) → grausig, grässlich

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grisly [ˈgrɪzlɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (murder) → raccapricciante

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grisly [ˈgrɪzlɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (murder) → raccapricciante

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grisly

adj grisly [ˈgrizli]

horrible a grisly sight. aaklige, grieselige مُخيف، مُرْعِب ужасен strašný, děsný, ošklivý uhyggelig gräßlich φρικτός horripilante, espeluznante õudne وحشتناک karmea macabre מַזווִיע भयानक strašan hátborzongató mengerikan viðbjóðslegur orribile 恐ろしい 무시무시한 šiurpus, kraupus šaušalīgs mengerikan griezelig, akelig fæl, som får en til å grøsse przerażający medonho groaznic; înfiorător ужасающий príšerný strašen zastrašujući hemsk, kuslig, ohygglig น่าเขย่าขวัญ tüyler ürpertici 嚇人的, 恐怖的 жахливий خوفناک ghê tởm 吓人的,恐怖的