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grisly
Synonyms and Antonyms of grisly
extremely disturbing or repellent
alarming, bloodcurdling, dire, direful, fearful, fearsome, forbidding, formidable, frightening, gut-wrenching, hair-raising, heart-stopping, intimidating, redoubtable, scary, terrifying
abhorrent, deplorable, disagreeable, disgusting, distasteful, loathsome, nauseating, noisome, obnoxious, obscene, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening
abominable, evil, foul, heinous, noxious, odious, unspeakable, vile
Synonym Discussion of grisly
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- a ghastly accident
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- an unusually grisly murder
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- suffered a gruesome death
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- a macabre tale of premature burial
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- the lurid details of a crime
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