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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grisly \Gris"ly\, a. [OE, grisly, grislich AS grislic
gryslic fr gr?san to shudder; cf OD grijselick horrible,
OHG. grisenl?ch, and also AS gre?san to frighten, and E.
gruesome.]
Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as grisly locks; a
grisly specter. ``Grisly to behold.'' --Chaucer.
A man of grisly and stern gravity. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
{Grisly bear}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Grizzly}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
grisly
adj : 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" [syn: {ghastly}, {grim}, {gruesome}, {macabre}]
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