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grisly

/griz-lee/US // ˈgrɪz li //UK // (ˈɡrɪzlɪ) //

狰狞的,狰狞,惨不忍睹,狰狞恐怖

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    gris·li·er, gris·li·est.

    • : causing a shudder or feeling of horror; horrible; gruesome: a grisly murder.
    • : formidable; grim: a grisly countenance.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.horrifying

Examples

  • Their only solace on a night when they tacked another grisly defeat — No.

  • A new analysis of that unfortunate man’s partial skeleton, excavated around a century ago at a village cemetery near Japan’s Seto Inland Sea, has unveiled that grisly scenario.

  • A Baltimore police officer is facing charges after prosecutors say the body of his teenage stepson was found “secreted” in a wall in his home and he tried to steal a fellow officer’s gun as authorities made the grisly discovery.

  • This grisly Spanish teen drama has been renewed for fourth and fifth seasons.

  • In her view, Carrillo’s grisly narrative is a product of the military’s refusal to adequately address the issue of radicalization within the ranks.

  • He admitted responsibility without hesitation, and in meticulous, grisly detail.

  • These grisly images drew a huge audience, and allowed that audience to indulge in righteous indignation.

  • In the wake of such a grisly screw up, it is tempting to play the blame game.

  • Moreover, Saudi Arabia and Iran have notoriously carried out even the more grisly penalties of shariah.

  • The grisly footage obtained by BFMTV shows the French-speaking fighters arriving at a scene splayed with bodies.

  • Pit your shovel in here an' lift this pickle, an' no' stand there gapin' like a grisly ghost at the door o' hell!

  • This appears in several witch trials and I think in Law's Memorials, that delightful storehouse of the quaint and grisly.

  • Then up rose two long spears; spears topped with grisly, rounded objects.

  • Rw-no-way-wh-krah, the Loose Pipe-stem; a brave (full length); eagle head-dress, shirt of grisly bears skin.

  • Pa-ris-ka-ro-pa, the Two Crows; with a handsome shirt, ornamented with ermine, and necklace of grisly bears claws.