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grisly Definition

grisly (griz)

adjective -·li·er, -·li·est

terrifying; horrible; ghastly

Etymology: ME grislich < OE grislic (akin to OFris grislyk) < base of a-grisan, to shudder with fear, prob. < IE *ghrei-: see grime

grisly Related Forms
gris·li·ness noun
grisly Synonyms

grisly

modif.

grisly Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • murder: Crime Team: Channel 4's Crime Team lifts the lid on grisly murders from the crime history books.
  • fate: The new King Priest then spends the rest of his reign awaiting the same grisly fate.
  • discovery: The newspapers told of a grisly discovery the police had recently made in the basement of an old tenement.
  • tale: These prophetic grisly tales will send you into shivers.
  • scene: Despite a few grisly scenes, I couldn't really take the adventure too seriously, but I certainly enjoyed the ride.
  • death: Sugar, in the original version, dies a grisly death at the end.

Modifying Another Word

  • rather: The Doctor is intending to take her back to her own planet where a rather grisly end awaits her.
  • particularly: Years later, after a series of particularly grisly murders, Graham reluctantly agrees to come out of retirement and assist in the case.
  • truly: A haunting depiction of a truly grisly war, Conflict: Vietnam is the next installment in the multi-award winning Conflict series.
  • very: It wasn't deliberately over-the-top, it was just a very, very grisly case.
  • extremely: There were a number of extremely grisly black and white photographs.
  • so: But as the story progresses it gets increasingly hard to watch, simply because it's so grisly.

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