Definition of grisly in English:

grisly

adjectivegrisliest, grislier ˈɡrɪzliˈɡrɪzli

Causing horror or disgust.
可怖的；令人厌恶的
the town was shaken by a series of grisly crimes
一连串可怕的犯罪活动使小镇失去了平静。
Example sentencesExamples
- The more garishly grisly the story becomes, the paler its credibility.
- This is the man police believe could hold the key to the grisly murder of two men, whose battered bodies were found in a York bedsit.
- This structure works well, and a grisly but fascinating story begins to emerge.
- He was determined not to suffer the same grisly fate and kept walking until he found a remote abandoned log cabin where he made his home.
- There are several grisly murders involved, but fortunately the emphasis is not on the gore but on the characters.
- By and large we know the sort of thing to expect, however grisly.
- What strange obsession drives the authors of grisly true-crime books?
- Despite the rather grisly subject matter, it is a fascinating subject.
- Detectives have been called in after a three-year-old girl made a grisly discovery on the doorstep of her York home.
- The grisly work of recovering the bodies floating in the streets and houses of New Orleans has begun.
- It was a particularly grisly murder case and one that understandably shook the veteran blues man to his core.
- My plea also goes out to the parents of the ones doing these grisly acts.
- Tony also works as a forensic archaeologist for Glasgow police, and has worked on what he described as grisly murder cases.
- This opening scene sets the tone for a grisly, gory and sometimes comic werewolf horror film.
- Jurors were spared much of the gory detail in the case, but the horrific nature of the crime and the grisly aftermath was hard to avoid.
- Shots were being fired from the tower in every direction as we approached the grisly scene.
- The horrified owners of a popular bakery today told of their shock at being caught up in York's grisly double murder hunt.
- The grisly discoveries mean even more tension in areas shaken by an insurgent uprising.
- The first grisly find was a dead body inside a car.
- The story of secrecy, scientific ethics and national security is macabre, grisly and disturbing.
Synonyms
gruesome, ghastly, frightful, horrid, horrifying, fearful, hideous, macabre, spine-chilling, horrible, horrendous, grim, awful, dire, dreadful, terrible, horrific
disgusting, repulsive, repugnant, revolting, repellent, sickening, distressing, shocking, appalling, abominable, loathsome, abhorrent, odious, monstrous, unspeakable
informal sick, sick-making, gut-churning, gross
archaic disgustful, loathly

Usage

The words grisly and grizzly are quite different in meaning, though often confused. Grisly means ‘causing horror or disgust’, as in grisly crimes, whereas grizzly is chiefly used with reference to a kind of large American bear, and can also mean ‘grey or grey-haired’

Derivatives

grisliness

noun

But that's the kind of story it is; there's no grisliness for the sake of grisliness - it grows out of the situation, and never dominates the movie.
Example sentencesExamples
- There's much grisliness on display - including a lively decapitation and some excruciating business involving a bear trap - but I wouldn't call it a satire.
- There is brief footage from an old movie about the slave trade, for example, which catches the grisliness of the business at least as well as anything done in more recent years.
- He wrote as eloquently as one could about finding pieces of people in the rubble, about the grisliness that he was in charge of sorting out: pieces of flesh and bone that used to be someone.
- From there, the action quickly shifts to a battlefield that is dominated by a sense of the grisliness and cruelty of war.

Origin

Old English grislic 'terrifying', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch griezelig.

Rhymes

drizzly, grizzly, Sisley

Definition of grisly in US English:

grisly

adjectiveˈɡrɪzliˈɡrizlē

Causing horror or disgust.
可怖的；令人厌恶的
the town was shaken by a series of grisly crimes
一连串可怕的犯罪活动使小镇失去了平静。
Example sentencesExamples
- This opening scene sets the tone for a grisly, gory and sometimes comic werewolf horror film.
- The more garishly grisly the story becomes, the paler its credibility.
- There are several grisly murders involved, but fortunately the emphasis is not on the gore but on the characters.
- The story of secrecy, scientific ethics and national security is macabre, grisly and disturbing.
- Despite the rather grisly subject matter, it is a fascinating subject.
- Detectives have been called in after a three-year-old girl made a grisly discovery on the doorstep of her York home.
- Tony also works as a forensic archaeologist for Glasgow police, and has worked on what he described as grisly murder cases.
- My plea also goes out to the parents of the ones doing these grisly acts.
- The grisly work of recovering the bodies floating in the streets and houses of New Orleans has begun.
- The first grisly find was a dead body inside a car.
- This structure works well, and a grisly but fascinating story begins to emerge.
- Jurors were spared much of the gory detail in the case, but the horrific nature of the crime and the grisly aftermath was hard to avoid.
- It was a particularly grisly murder case and one that understandably shook the veteran blues man to his core.
- The grisly discoveries mean even more tension in areas shaken by an insurgent uprising.
- By and large we know the sort of thing to expect, however grisly.
- The horrified owners of a popular bakery today told of their shock at being caught up in York's grisly double murder hunt.
- This is the man police believe could hold the key to the grisly murder of two men, whose battered bodies were found in a York bedsit.
- He was determined not to suffer the same grisly fate and kept walking until he found a remote abandoned log cabin where he made his home.
- Shots were being fired from the tower in every direction as we approached the grisly scene.
- What strange obsession drives the authors of grisly true-crime books?
Synonyms
gruesome, ghastly, frightful, horrid, horrifying, fearful, hideous, macabre, spine-chilling, horrible, horrendous, grim, awful, dire, dreadful, terrible, horrific

Origin

Old English grislic ‘terrifying’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch griezelig.

单词	grisly
释义	Definition of grisly in English: grisly adjectivegrisliest, grislier ˈɡrɪzliˈɡrɪzli Causing horror or disgust. 可怖的；令人厌恶的 the town was shaken by a series of grisly crimes 一连串可怕的犯罪活动使小镇失去了平静。 Example sentencesExamples The more garishly grisly the story becomes, the paler its credibility. This is the man police believe could hold the key to the grisly murder of two men, whose battered bodies were found in a York bedsit. This structure works well, and a grisly but fascinating story begins to emerge. He was determined not to suffer the same grisly fate and kept walking until he found a remote abandoned log cabin where he made his home. There are several grisly murders involved, but fortunately the emphasis is not on the gore but on the characters. By and large we know the sort of thing to expect, however grisly. What strange obsession drives the authors of grisly true-crime books? Despite the rather grisly subject matter, it is a fascinating subject. Detectives have been called in after a three-year-old girl made a grisly discovery on the doorstep of her York home. The grisly work of recovering the bodies floating in the streets and houses of New Orleans has begun. It was a particularly grisly murder case and one that understandably shook the veteran blues man to his core. My plea also goes out to the parents of the ones doing these grisly acts. Tony also works as a forensic archaeologist for Glasgow police, and has worked on what he described as grisly murder cases. This opening scene sets the tone for a grisly, gory and sometimes comic werewolf horror film. Jurors were spared much of the gory detail in the case, but the horrific nature of the crime and the grisly aftermath was hard to avoid. Shots were being fired from the tower in every direction as we approached the grisly scene. The horrified owners of a popular bakery today told of their shock at being caught up in York's grisly double murder hunt. The grisly discoveries mean even more tension in areas shaken by an insurgent uprising. The first grisly find was a dead body inside a car. The story of secrecy, scientific ethics and national security is macabre, grisly and disturbing. Synonyms gruesome, ghastly, frightful, horrid, horrifying, fearful, hideous, macabre, spine-chilling, horrible, horrendous, grim, awful, dire, dreadful, terrible, horrific disgusting, repulsive, repugnant, revolting, repellent, sickening, distressing, shocking, appalling, abominable, loathsome, abhorrent, odious, monstrous, unspeakable informal sick, sick-making, gut-churning, gross archaic disgustful, loathly Usage The words grisly and grizzly are quite different in meaning, though often confused. Grisly means ‘causing horror or disgust’, as in grisly crimes, whereas grizzly is chiefly used with reference to a kind of large American bear, and can also mean ‘grey or grey-haired’ Derivatives grisliness noun But that's the kind of story it is; there's no grisliness for the sake of grisliness - it grows out of the situation, and never dominates the movie. Example sentencesExamples There's much grisliness on display - including a lively decapitation and some excruciating business involving a bear trap - but I wouldn't call it a satire. There is brief footage from an old movie about the slave trade, for example, which catches the grisliness of the business at least as well as anything done in more recent years. He wrote as eloquently as one could about finding pieces of people in the rubble, about the grisliness that he was in charge of sorting out: pieces of flesh and bone that used to be someone. From there, the action quickly shifts to a battlefield that is dominated by a sense of the grisliness and cruelty of war. Origin Old English grislic 'terrifying', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch griezelig. Rhymes drizzly, grizzly, Sisley Definition of grisly in US English: grisly adjectiveˈɡrɪzliˈɡrizlē Causing horror or disgust. 可怖的；令人厌恶的 the town was shaken by a series of grisly crimes 一连串可怕的犯罪活动使小镇失去了平静。 Example sentencesExamples This opening scene sets the tone for a grisly, gory and sometimes comic werewolf horror film. The more garishly grisly the story becomes, the paler its credibility. There are several grisly murders involved, but fortunately the emphasis is not on the gore but on the characters. The story of secrecy, scientific ethics and national security is macabre, grisly and disturbing. Despite the rather grisly subject matter, it is a fascinating subject. Detectives have been called in after a three-year-old girl made a grisly discovery on the doorstep of her York home. Tony also works as a forensic archaeologist for Glasgow police, and has worked on what he described as grisly murder cases. My plea also goes out to the parents of the ones doing these grisly acts. The grisly work of recovering the bodies floating in the streets and houses of New Orleans has begun. The first grisly find was a dead body inside a car. This structure works well, and a grisly but fascinating story begins to emerge. Jurors were spared much of the gory detail in the case, but the horrific nature of the crime and the grisly aftermath was hard to avoid. It was a particularly grisly murder case and one that understandably shook the veteran blues man to his core. The grisly discoveries mean even more tension in areas shaken by an insurgent uprising. By and large we know the sort of thing to expect, however grisly. The horrified owners of a popular bakery today told of their shock at being caught up in York's grisly double murder hunt. This is the man police believe could hold the key to the grisly murder of two men, whose battered bodies were found in a York bedsit. He was determined not to suffer the same grisly fate and kept walking until he found a remote abandoned log cabin where he made his home. Shots were being fired from the tower in every direction as we approached the grisly scene. What strange obsession drives the authors of grisly true-crime books? Synonyms gruesome, ghastly, frightful, horrid, horrifying, fearful, hideous, macabre, spine-chilling, horrible, horrendous, grim, awful, dire, dreadful, terrible, horrific Origin Old English grislic ‘terrifying’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch griezelig.
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