01 a. Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter.
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Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter.“A man of grisly and stern gravity.” — Robynson (More's Utopia).
Phrases & compounds
Grisly bear —
See under Grizzly.