Grisly

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Inspiring repugnance; gruesome. See Synonyms at ghastly.
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  • adj. horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Such as to inspire fear; frightful; terrible; gruesome; grim: as, a grisly countenance; a grisly specter.
  • Frightfully; terribly.
  • An obsolete spelling of grizzly.
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  • adj. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
    • Equivalent
    alarming   
    Cross Reference
    grizzly    gristly   
    Variant
    grisliest    grislier   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    frightful    horrible    dreadful    harsh    gray    fearful   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Sisley    drizzly    grizzly   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    gruesome    ghastly    horrific    horrid    grotesque    gory    macabre    fearsome    dismal    unpleasant   
     
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