- 1. a. Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter. Source: opted
- 2. adj. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror Source: wordnet
- 3. Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter. "Grisly to behold." Chaucer. A man of grisly and stern gravity. Robynson (More's Utopia). Grisly bear. (Zoöl.) See under Grizzly. Source: webster
- 4. Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; agrisly specter. "Grisly to behold." Chaucer.A man of grisly and stern gravity. Robynson (More's Utopia).Grisly bear. (Zoöl.) See under Grizzly. Source: adambom
- 5. j:100 s shockingly repellent; inspiring horror Source: ecdict
Home / Dictionary / grisly
grisly
Thesaurus links
Related headwords in VividLex — dictionary ↔ thesaurus bridge for exploration and SEO depth.
From the definitions
dreadfulfrightfulharshhorriblelocksspecterbearbeholdchaucergravitygrizzlyhorrorinspiringmanrepellentseeshockinglysternutopia
Word family
Nearby in the alphabet
Explore more
grisms →