grisly

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈɡɹɪzli/    美 /ˈɡɹɪzli/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Obsolete form of grizzly (“type of bear”). alt-of,obsolete
形容词 adj.
  1. Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying.
    — The photographs of the killings depict a grisly scene.
  2. Obsolete form of grizzly. alt-of,obsolete
    — old squirrels that turn grisly
  3. Misspelling of gristly. alt-of,misspelling
副词 adv.
  1. In a horrible or terrible manner; in a terrifying way. obsolete
    — [A] very fair young gentlewoman [Sir Roger Wentworth's daughter], of twelve years of age, in marvellous manner vexed and tormented by our ghostly enemy, the devil, her mind alienated and raving, with despising and blaspheming of God, and hatred of all hallowed things, […] finally being brought and laid before the image of our blessed lady, was there, in the sight of many worshipful people, so grievously tormented, and in face, eyes, look, and countenance, so grisly changed, with her mouth drawn aside, and her eyes laid out upon her cheeks, that it was a terrible sight to behold. And after many marvellous things, […] restored to their good state, perfectly cured and suddenly.

词形变化

grislier comparative grisliest superlative griesly alternative grislie alternative grislies plural more grisly comparative most grisly superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
grislily grisliness ungrisly
相关词
grise

词源

词源 1
From Middle English grisely, grysly, grissliȝ, griselich, grislich, from Old English grisliċ (“grisly, horrible; dreadful, horrid”), from grīsan (“to shudder with horror; to tremble, to be terrified; to make tremble, to terrify; to agrise, grise”) (unattested but implied in āgrīsan) + -lic (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘characteristic of, pertaining to’).
The word may also be an aphetic form of Old English ongrislic, agrisenliċ, the past participle of agrīsan (“to agrise”).
Compare Danish grusom, Swedish gräslig, Middle Dutch grezelijc (modern Dutch griezelig), Middle High German grisenlich (modern German grässlich, grausen).
词源 2
From grisle (“horror, terror”) + -ly; compare Middle Dutch griselike, Middle Low German grislike.
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