Grisly

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  • adjective. Causing repugnance; gruesome. synonym: ghastly.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • An obsolete spelling of grizzly.
  • Frightfully; terribly.
  • Such as to inspire fear; frightful; terrible; gruesome; grim: as, a grisly countenance; a grisly specter.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh
  • adjective. See under Grizzly.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
    • Word Usage
    "“The Veldt”, also by Bradbury, which chronicled in grisly fashion the dangers of holodeck technology."
    cross-reference
    gristly  grizzly  
    Equivalent
    alarming  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Sisley  drizzly  grizzly  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dismal  fearsome  frighten  ghastly  ghostly  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abhorrent  abominable  appalling  astounding  awe-inspiring  
    variant
    grislier  grisliest  
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