grisly

 
  Overview  of  adj  grisly 
 
  The  adj  grisly  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  ghastly,  grim,  grisly,  gruesome,  macabre  --  (shockingly  repellent;  inspiring  horror;  "ghastly  wounds";  "the  grim  aftermath  of  the  bombing";  "the  grim  task  of  burying  the  victims";  "a  grisly  murder";  "gruesome  evidence  of  human  sacrifice";  "macabre  tales  of  war  and  plague  in  the  Middle  ages";  "macabre  tortures  conceived  by  madmen") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  grisly 
 
  1  sense  of  grisly 
 
  Sense  1 
  ghastly,  grim,  grisly,  gruesome,  macabre 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  alarming)  ->  unalarming 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  grisly 
 
  1  sense  of  grisly 
 
  Sense  1 
  ghastly,  grim,  grisly,  gruesome,  macabre 
  =>  alarming  (vs.  unalarming) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  grisly 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  grisly 
 
  grisly  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  grisly 
  grisly 
 
  Overview  of  adj  grisly 
 
  The  adj  grisly  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  ghastly,  grim,  grisly,  gruesome,  macabre  --  (shockingly  repellent;  inspiring  horror;  "ghastly  wounds";  "the  grim  aftermath  of  the  bombing";  "the  grim  task  of  burying  the  victims";  "a  grisly  murder";  "gruesome  evidence  of  human  sacrifice";  "macabre  tales  of  war  and  plague  in  the  Middle  ages";  "macabre  tortures  conceived  by  madmen") 

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