Associations to the word «Grisly»

Wiktionary

GRISLY, adjective. Horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome

Dictionary definition

GRISLY, adjective. 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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The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
Mark Twain