grisly
adjective [usually before noun](comparative grislier, superlative grisliest)
extremely unpleasant and frightening and usually connected with death and violence 令人厌恶的；恐怖的；可怕的 a grisly crime 可憎的罪行
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGrisly is used with these nouns:- death
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Word OriginOld English grislic ‘terrifying’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch griezelig.