英语词汇“grisly”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Grisly means disgusting and bloody, absolutely repulsive and horrible. There’s a wonderfully creepy movie about a man who suffers a grisly death at the hands of the grizzly bears he was studying.

Do you like grisly horror movies? You might think that the reason the word grisly is so creepy, gruesome, and terrifying is somehow related to gristle, those really nasty tough parts you find in meat. But no, this is not the case. Old English grislic, the root of the word, means "horrible, dreadful." If something is gory and gross, it’s grisly.

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

grisly / gristly / grizzly

Blood, guts, and man-eaters, oh my! Feint of heart turn back now! Grisly means relating to horror or disgust, gristly means related to gristle or cartilage, and grizzly is a big ol' bear. That can eat you.

Grisly describes blood and guts, horror movie fodder, something totally repulsive. It shows up in these blood-curdling examples:

The grisly massacre — some bodies were grotesquely mutilated and defiled — shocked the country and made global headlines. (Time)

Television video showed a heavily damaged building and a grisly scene inside, with clothing and prayer mats scattered across a blood-splattered floor. (New York Times)

Gristly is gross, too, but it means related to gristle or cartilage, that yucky hard stuff in a chicken leg, for example, or the tough chewy part in any meat. Or person. Here are some gristly examples to gnaw on:

In a ham sandwich is a cold, pink punch in the face, an angry thing marbled with gristly neglect. (Guardian)

This is surrounded by a sheath of connective tissue, at first merely membranous, later becoming cartilaginous or gristly. (John Mason Tyler)

Grizzly refers to a species of brown bear found in North America. Grizzly can also refer to the color gray or gray hair: Grizzlies get their name from the white hairs that grow in their brown coats, making them look grizzled (streaked with gray).

He makes a face like a threatened grizzly bear: mouth wide open, snout muscles flexed, teeth bared. (New York Times)

All in all, if you're going out on a bear hunt, avoid grisly, gristly, and even grizzly bears. Hunt for teddy bears instead.

WORD FAMILY

grisly: grislier, grisliest

USAGE EXAMPLES

It’s much easier to shoot a grisly horror scene these days because most of the blood is now computer generated.

Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016)

Music is muted — the grisly snap of bones and squelch of peeling flesh predominate — while the camera maintains a cool, observational stillness.

New York Times(Dec 20, 2016)

Sadly, almost every day our photo editors see upsetting, even grisly images of war or carnage — from Syria, from terrorist bombings and other situations.

New York Times(Dec 19, 2016)

adj shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

a grisly murder

Syn

ghastly, grim, gruesome, macabre, sick
alarming

frightening because of an awareness of danger

单词	grisly
释义	grisly (once / 3296 pages) adj Grisly means disgusting and bloody, absolutely repulsive and horrible. There’s a wonderfully creepy movie about a man who suffers a grisly death at the hands of the grizzly bears he was studying. Do you like grisly horror movies? You might think that the reason the word grisly is so creepy, gruesome, and terrifying is somehow related to gristle, those really nasty tough parts you find in meat. But no, this is not the case. Old English grislic, the root of the word, means "horrible, dreadful." If something is gory and gross, it’s grisly. CHOOSE YOUR WORDS grisly / gristly / grizzly Blood, guts, and man-eaters, oh my! Feint of heart turn back now! Grisly means relating to horror or disgust, gristly means related to gristle or cartilage, and grizzly is a big ol' bear. That can eat you. Grisly describes blood and guts, horror movie fodder, something totally repulsive. It shows up in these blood-curdling examples: The grisly massacre — some bodies were grotesquely mutilated and defiled — shocked the country and made global headlines. (Time) Television video showed a heavily damaged building and a grisly scene inside, with clothing and prayer mats scattered across a blood-splattered floor. (New York Times) Gristly is gross, too, but it means related to gristle or cartilage, that yucky hard stuff in a chicken leg, for example, or the tough chewy part in any meat. Or person. Here are some gristly examples to gnaw on: In a ham sandwich is a cold, pink punch in the face, an angry thing marbled with gristly neglect. (Guardian) This is surrounded by a sheath of connective tissue, at first merely membranous, later becoming cartilaginous or gristly. (John Mason Tyler) Grizzly refers to a species of brown bear found in North America. Grizzly can also refer to the color gray or gray hair: Grizzlies get their name from the white hairs that grow in their brown coats, making them look grizzled (streaked with gray). He makes a face like a threatened grizzly bear: mouth wide open, snout muscles flexed, teeth bared. (New York Times) All in all, if you're going out on a bear hunt, avoid grisly, gristly, and even grizzly bears. Hunt for teddy bears instead. WORD FAMILY grisly: grislier, grisliest USAGE EXAMPLES It’s much easier to shoot a grisly horror scene these days because most of the blood is now computer generated. Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016) Music is muted — the grisly snap of bones and squelch of peeling flesh predominate — while the camera maintains a cool, observational stillness. New York Times(Dec 20, 2016) Sadly, almost every day our photo editors see upsetting, even grisly images of war or carnage — from Syria, from terrorist bombings and other situations. New York Times(Dec 19, 2016) adj shockingly repellent; inspiring horror a grisly murder Syn ghastly, grim, gruesome, macabre, sick alarming frightening because of an awareness of danger
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