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Definitions for Grisly

[1] causing a shudder or feeling of horror; horrible; gruesome: a grisly murder.
[2] formidable; grim: a grisly countenance.
[3] gristly.
[4] causing horror or dread; gruesome
[5] obsolete a variant spelling of grizzly

Words related to Grisly

sickening, terrifying, dreadful, horrid, eerie, macabre, terrible, bloody, frightful, ghastly, abominable, horrible, awful, gruesome, shocking, appalling, hideous, grim, lurid, disgusting

Words nearby Grisly

griseous, grisette, grisham, grishun, griskin, grisly, grison, grisons, grissini, grist, grist for the mill

Origin of Grisly

1before 1150; Middle English; Old English grislīc horrible; cognate with Old High German grīsenlīh

Words that may be confused with Grisly

grisly, gristly, grizzled, grizzly

Other words from Grisly

gris·li·ness , noun

Word origin for Grisly

Old English grislic; related to Old Frisian grislik, Old High German grīsenlīh

Synonyms for Grisly

abominable, appalling, awful, bloody, dreadful, eerie, frightful, ghastly, grim, gruesome, hideous, horrible, horrid, lurid, macabre, shocking, sickening, terrible, terrifying, blood-stained, disgusting, grody, gross, sanguine, sick, yucky