Grisly (Adjective)
Meaning
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The crime scene investigators were met with a grisly sight as they entered the abandoned warehouse, where the bodies of the victims had been brutally mutilated.
- The survivors of the plane crash were left to pick up the pieces and deal with the grisly aftermath of the disaster, which had claimed the lives of over a hundred people.
- The forensic team had to sift through the grisly remains of the burnt-out building to identify the cause of the fire and the victims who had perished in it.
- The tourists were warned not to visit the site of the ancient battles, where the grisly remains of the soldiers who had fought and died there were still on display.
- The police had to shut down the street to deal with the grisly crime scene, where a young woman had been brutally murdered in broad daylight.