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Definition of Grisly
1. Adjective. Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror. "Macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
Similar to: Alarming
Derivative terms: Ghastliness, Grimness, Gruesomeness
Definition of Grisly
1. a. Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter.
Definition of Grisly
1. Adjective. horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grisly
1. horrifying [adj -LIER, -LIEST]
Medical Definition of Grisly
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Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter. "Grisly to behold." "A man of grisly and stern gravity." (Robynson (More's Utopia)) Grisly bear.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grisly
Literary usage of Grisly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Theodore Roosevelt by Theodore Roosevelt (1893)
"They insist on many species; not merely the black and the grisly, but the brown,
the cinnamon, the gray, the silver-tip, and others with names known only in ..."
2. The Wilderness Hunter: An Account of the Big Game of the United States and by Theodore Roosevelt (1893)
"OLD EPHRAIM, THE grisly BEAR. THE king of the game beasts of temperate North America,
... They insist on many species ; not merely the black and the grisly, ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Der. grog, qv grisly, hideous, horrible. (E.) ME grisly, Chaucer, ... 240 (in
some copies grisly) ; also grizzle as sb., a tinge of gray, Tw. Nt. v. 168. ..."
4. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... as he crossed and blessed himself, ' I fear not sign,' quoth the grisly elf, '
That is made with bloody hands.' But out then spoke she, Alice Brand, ..."
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