Hypertext Webster Gateway: "grisly"
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) 1.7 (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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