GRISLY

ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick

(adjective) shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; “ghastly wounds”; “the grim aftermath of the bombing”; “the grim task of burying the victims”; “a grisly murder”; “gruesome evidence of human sacrifice”; “macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages”; “macabre tortures conceived by madmen”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

grisly (comparative grislier, superlative grisliest)

Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying.

Synonyms: grisy (obsolete), gristly, grizzly (misspellings), Thesaurus:frightening

Misspelling of gristly.

Misspelling of grizzly.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with gristly or grizzly.

Etymology 2

Adverb

grisly (comparative more grisly, superlative most grisly)

(obsolete) In a horrible or terrible manner; in a terrifying way.

Synonyms

• grimly

• horribly

• terribly

Source: Wiktionary


Gris"ly, a. Etym: [OE, grisly, grislich, AS. grislic, gryslic, fr. gro shudder; cf. OD. grijselick horrible, OHG. grisenlch, and also AS. gresan to frighten, and E. gruesome.]

Definition: 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’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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PUNGENCY

(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”


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