[ US /ˈɡɹɪzɫi/ ]
[ UK /ɡɹˈɪsli/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
    the grim task of burying the victims
    macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages
    macabre tortures conceived by madmen
    the grim aftermath of the bombing
    gruesome evidence of human sacrifice
    ghastly wounds
    a grisly murder
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How To Use grisly In A Sentence

  • I don't think people really mind about that sort of thing unless there's been a really grisly murder on the property. The Sun
  • The story of secrecy, scientific ethics and national security is macabre, grisly and disturbing.
  • There were the black, the white, the brindle, the grey and the grisly, the rough and the smooth, the crop-eared and the lop-eared, the gaunt and the grim.
  • This was an aluminum, plywood, and corrugated-plastic shed decorated with a grisly paper collage and urban junk.
  • The death map is grisly and a little depressing. Times, Sunday Times
  • However, as their team begins to get picked off in grisly manners not fit for television, they realize they are in over their heads. Supernatural: Ghostfacers Promo Pics : SF Universe - SF Universe is your Science Fiction central. From SciFi television to movies to books and more. All the latest news, reviews and insights from SciFi experts.
  • Shots were being fired from the tower in every direction as we approached the grisly scene.
  • Jurors were spared much of the gory detail in the case, but the horrific nature of the crime and the grisly aftermath was hard to avoid.
  • It was a particularly grisly murder case and one that understandably shook the veteran blues man to his core.
  • Relatives of the dead headed to the city morgue for the grisly task of identifying their loved ones.
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