grisly
grisly
Definition
grisly (griz′lē)
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
gris′·li·ness noun
grisly
Synonyms
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.
