adjective · rare

grisly

gris·ly

grisly · grislier · grisliest

жахливий, страшний, грізний

отвратительный

grässlich

Horrifyingly repellentHorrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying.

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/ˈɡɹɪzli/

» The murder scene was a grisly sight.

Der Tatort bot einen grauenvollen Anblick.

Meaning

1 senses

Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying.
The photographs of the killings depict a grisly scene.
grässlich
отврати́тельныйotvratítelʹnyj

More definitions

shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

Examples

8 sentences

The murder scene was a grisly sight.
deDer Tatort bot einen grauenvollen Anblick.
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Police arrived at the grisly crime scene.
ruПолиция приехала на место страшного преступления.
deDie Polizei erreichte den grausigen Tatort.
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Investigators started piecing together the grisly story.
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Fadil will never forget the grisly find.
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He shuddered with horror at the grisly sight.
ruОн содрогнулся в ужасе от гнусного зрелища.
deEr schauderte vor Entsetzen bei dem grausigen Anblick.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome:

Origin

From Middle English grisely, grysly, grissliȝ, griselich, grislich, from Old English grisl

From Middle English grisely, grysly, grissliȝ, griselich, grislich, from Old English grisliċ (“grisly, horrible; dreadful, horrid”), from grīsan (“to shudder with horror; to tremble, to be terrified; to make tremble, to terrify; to agrise, grise”) (unattested but implied in āgrīsan) + -lic (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘characteristic of, pertaining to’).

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