🇬🇧🇨🇳 grisly - 可怕的 : English Lesson

Meaning of "grisly" ("可怕的"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

If something is grisly, it is very creepy, bloody, or gross in a shocking way—like a horror story with monsters, a scene with lots of fake guts in a movie, or a mess that makes you go, “Eww, that’s way too much!”

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The Halloween decorations were so grisly that even the plastic skeleton asked to sleep with the lights on.

The zombie refused to chase us because he said our bedroom smelled too grisly, even for him.

My little brother made a grisly “soup” out of ketchup, cereal, pickle juice, and one unlucky gummy bear.

I opened my backpack and saw a grisly scene: a banana from last week, melted chocolate, and my math homework fused into one gross blob.

We made a grisly Halloween punch with floating eyeball grapes that stared at you while you drank it.

She opened the door and saw a grisly scene: a grisly blanket, a grisly smear on the floor, and a grisly shadow moving. Her heart raced as she lifted the blanket and found a small wounded dog, not a body. The grisly mess turned to relief; she cried, laughed, and carried the dog outside.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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