grisly 1
adjectivedomain: all adj
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
Definition
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
Examples
- 1.gruesome evidence of human sacrifice
- 2.the grim task of burying the victims
- 3.a grisly murder
- 4.ghastly wounds
- 5.the grim aftermath of the bombing
- 6.macabre tortures conceived by madmen
- 7.macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages


