'Grisly' definitions:
Definition of 'grisly'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick]
Definition of 'Grisly'
From: GCIDE
- Grisly \Gris"ly\, a. [OE, grisly, grislich, AS. grislic, gryslic, fr. gr?san to shudder; cf. OD. grijselick horrible, OHG. grisenl?ch, and also AS. gre?san to frighten, and E. gruesome.] Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter. "Grisly to behold." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- A man of grisly and stern gravity. --Robynson (More's Utopia). [1913 Webster]
- Grisly bear. (Zool.) See under Grizzly. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'grisly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abhorrent,
- abominable,
- appalling,
- astounding,
- awe-inspiring,
- awesome,
- awful,
- blue,
- cadaverous,
- corpselike,
- deadly,
- deathlike,
- deathly,
- deathly pale,
- dire,
- direful,
- disgusting,
- dread,
- dreaded,
- dreadful,
- eerie,
- fell,
- forbidding,
- formidable,
- foul,
- frightful,
- ghastly,
- ghostlike,
- ghostly,
- ghoulish,
- gory,
- grim,
- gruesome,
- haggard,
- hideous,
- horrendous,
- horrible,
- horrid,
- horrific,
- horrifying,
- livid,
- loathsome,
- lurid,
- macabre,
- morbid,
- mortuary,
- nasty,
- nauseating,
- offensive,
- pale,
- redoubtable,
- repellent,
- repelling,
- repugnant,
- repulsive,
- revolting,
- schrecklich,
- shocking,
- sickening,
- terrible,
- terrific,
- terrifying,
- tremendous,
- uncanny,
- unearthly,
- wan,
- weird