grisly

Adjective

• 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
    

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• Synonyms: 
  ghastly , grim , gruesome , macabre , sick