grislyadjective
uk/ˈɡrɪz.li/us/ˈɡrɪz.li/extremely unpleasant, especially because death or blood is involved:
The 55-year-old Canadian had suffered a grisly death.
a grisly murder
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Serious and unpleasant
- abominable
- abysmal
- apocalyptic
- appalling
- awfully
- belief
- corrosive
- grim
- grotesque
- gruesome
- hate
- hateful
- noxious
- revolting
- rotten
- shitty
- shocking
- shockingly
- stinking
- wretched
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