Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
Ghastly wounds. The grim aftermath of the bombing. The grim task of burying the victims. A grisly murder. Gruesome evidence of human sacrifice. Macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages. Macabre tortures conceived by madmen.
