grisly
11grisly — [OE] Middle English had a verb grise ‘be terrified’, which points back via an unrecorded Old English *grīsan to a West Germanic *grīdenoting ‘fear, terror’, from which grisly would have been formed. Dutch has the parallel formation grijzelijk. In …
12grisly — [[t]grɪ̱zli[/t]] grislier, grisliest also grizzly ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Something that is grisly is extremely unpleasant, and usually involves death and violence. He was insane when he carried out the grisly murders. ...a grizzly crime. Syn:… …
13grisly — UK [ˈɡrɪzlɪ] / US adjective Word forms grisly : adjective grisly comparative grislier superlative grisliest involving death or violence in a shocking way …
14grisly — /ˈgrɪzli / (say grizlee) adjective (grislier, grisliest) 1. such as to cause a shuddering horror; gruesome: a grisly monster. 2. formidable; grim: a grisly countenance. {Middle English; late Old English grislic horrible. Compare Old English… …
15grisly — [OE] Middle English had a verb grise ‘be terrified’, which points back via an unrecorded Old English *grīsan to a West Germanic *grīdenoting ‘fear, terror’, from which grisly would have been formed. Dutch has the parallel formation grijzelijk. In …
16Grisly — Grizzlybär Grizzlybär im Yellowstone Nationalpark Systematik Ordnung: Raubtiere (Carnivora) …
17grisly — adjective /ˈɡrɪzli/ horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome The photos of the killings depict a grisly scene …
18grisly — adj. Grisly is used with these nouns: ↑death, ↑detail, ↑discovery, ↑murder, ↑scene …
19grisly — gris|ly [ˈgrızli] adj [: Old English; Origin: grislic] extremely unpleasant and involving people being killed or injured ▪ a series of grisly murders …
20grisly — adjective extremely unpleasant, usually because death, decay, or destruction is involved: the grisly discovery of human remains in the cellar …
