grisly

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The next insists that the California grisly is the only really dangerous bear; while another stoutly maintains that it does not compare in ferocity with what he calls the "smaller" silver-tip or cinnamon.

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  1. adjective Inspiring repugnance; gruesome. See Synonyms at ghastly.

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  • For the violinist had been headed, not for land, but out into the grisly waste of the polar ice pack This indicated he had some goal out there Doc found that goal in slightly more than a minute-about two miles from where Victor Vail crept It was a horrible sight. —  004 - The Polar Treasure
  • Strange and grisly were his servants, called from the dark corners of the planet where grim survivals of forgotten ages yet lurked. —  Conan -- The Stories from Weird Tales (1932-1936)
  • Still, if accurate, it's grisly - opening fire on crowds, bodies being taken away in trucks, protesters drenched in blood, thugs hacking at people with axes. —  The Campaign Spot
  • Timothy Haverkamp was convicted in 1985 of second-degree murder for his role in the grisly, cult-related murders of 2 people - including a 5-year-old boy - near Rulo.
  • Timothy Haverkamp was convicted in 1985 of second-degree murder for his role in the grisly, cult-related murders of two people -- including a 5-year-old boy -- near Rulo. —  KETV.com - Local News
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gruesome ·  ghastly ·  horrific ·  horrid ·  grotesque ·  gory ·  macabre ·  fearsome ·  dismal ·  unpleasant ·  frighten ·  ugly
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English grisli, from Old English grislīc; see ghrēi- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also griesly; from Middle English grisly, grysly, grisely, grysely, grissely, -lich, -lic, from Anglo-Saxon *grislīc, not found except as in angrislīc, on-grislīc, an-gryslīc, on-grysenlīc, horrible, terrible, adverb angryscnlīce, horribly (each form once), = Old Dutch grijselick = OFries. grislik or gryslik = Middle High German grisenlich, horrible; connected with grise, v., q. v.
  2. from Middle English grisly, grissely; from the adjective
 

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