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2 definitions found 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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