grisly
21grisly — adjective the grisly details of the crime Syn: gruesome, ghastly, frightful, horrid, horrifying, fearful, hideous, macabre, spine chilling, horrible, horrendous, grim, awful, dire, dreadful, terrible, horrific, shocking …
22grisly — gris•ly [[t]ˈgrɪz li[/t]] adj. li•er, li•est 1) causing a shudder or feeling of horror; gruesome: a grisly murder[/ex] 2) formidable; grim • Etymology: bef. 1150; ME; OE grislīc horrible; c. OHG grīsenlīh gris′li•ness, n …
23Grisly bear — Grisly Gris ly, a. [OE, grisly, grislich, AS. grislic, gryslic, fr. gr?san to shudder; cf. OD. grijselick horrible, OHG. grisenl?ch, and also AS. gre?san to frighten, and E. gruesome.] Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a… …
24grisly — Synonyms and related words: abhorrent, abominable, appalling, astounding, awe inspiring, awesome, awful, blue, cadaverous, corpselike, deadly, deathlike, deathly, deathly pale, dire, direful, disgusting, dread, dreaded, dreadful, eerie, fell,… …
25grisly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. gruesome, frightful, grim. See ugliness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. horrible, terrible, disgusting; see frightful 1 , offensive 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. terrifying, horrible, ghastly,… …
26grisly — gris|ly [ grızli ] adjective involving death or violence in a shocking way …
27grisly — , gristly, grizzly Occasionally and variously confused. The first means horrifying or gruesome. The second applies to meat that is full of gristle. The third means gray, especially gray haired, and is a cliché when applied to old men …
28grisly — grizzly …
29grisly — adj. RG. 415, 566; ‘grisloker,’ == grislier. RG. 590. AS. grislic …
30grisly — gris·ly || grɪzlɪ adj. terrible, horrible, ghastly, dreadful; formidable, intimidating …
