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greisly

greisly is the obsolete form of grisly.

Meaning of grisly

Adjective

grisly (comparative grislier, superlative grisliest)

  1. Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying.
    • The photographs of the killings depict a grisly scene.

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Forms of greisly

comparativemore greisly
superlativemost greisly

Questions about greisly

What is greisly the obsolete form of?
Greisly is the obsolete form of grisly.

Words near greisly in the dictionary

  1. greisenize
  2. greisenized
  3. greisenizes
  4. greisenizing
  5. greisens
  6. greisly
  7. greited
  8. Greither syndrome
  9. greiting
  10. greits
  11. greking

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Adapted from Wiktionary: greisly (page history and authors); grisly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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