The murder scene was a grisly sight.
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Grisly
//ˈɡɹɪzli//
Synonyms for "grisly" (125 found)
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Related words (62)
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3 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- зловещ adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
- страшен adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
- ужасен adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
Danish
1 entries- grusom adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
Dutch
2 entries- afgrijselijk adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
- griezelig adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
Esperanto
1 entries- malbelega adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
Finnish
1 entries- kammottava adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
French
1 entries- épouvantable adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
Galician
1 entries- macabro adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
German
1 entries- grässlich adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
Greek
2 entries- φοβερός adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
- φριχτός adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
Hungarian
2 entries- rémes adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
- szörnyű adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
Irish
1 entries- scanrúil adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
Japanese
1 entries- 恐ろしい adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
Latvian
1 entries- šaušalīgs adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
Māori
2 entries- wetiweti adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
- whakaweriweri adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- erjeng adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
Polish
2 entries- potworny adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
- zatrważający adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
Portuguese
2 entries- arrepiante adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
- horrível adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
Russian
1 entries- отврати́тельный adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
Spanish
4 entries- espantoso adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
- espeluznante adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
- horripilante adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
- macabro adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
Swedish
2 entries- gräsligt adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
- ohyggligt adj (horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
He shuddered with horror at the grisly sight.
Source: tatoeba (696955)
Spare me the grisly details.
Source: tatoeba (3731408)
Police arrived at the grisly crime scene.
Source: tatoeba (5869338)
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