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Adjective: grisly (grislier,grisliest)  griz-lee
  1. Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
    "a grisly murder"
    - ghastly, grim, gruesome, macabre, sick

Sounds like: grizzly

Derived forms: grislier, grisliest

See also: alarming

Nearest

gripping
gripsack
Gris
grisaille
Griselinia
Griselinia littoralis
Griselinia lucida
griseofulvin
grisette
grisliness
grisly
grison
Grison vittatus
grissino
grist
gristle
gristly
gristmill
grit
grith
gritrock