grisly, adj.
(grislier, grisliest)
(grislier, grisliest)
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
ghastly grim grisly gruesome macabre sick
sample sentences
"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"
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