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Definition of Grisliness
1. n. The quality or state of being grisly; horrid.
Definition of Grisliness
1. Noun. The characteristic or quality of being grisly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grisliness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grisliness
Literary usage of Grisliness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Short History of English Literature by George Saintsbury (1898)
"... that of the Ireland-Blackburne version, it is distinctly uncomely, not to say
barbarous, though this rather suits the grisliness of the ghost. ..."
2. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1809)
"... but the grisliness of wounds, the hideous falls and groans of the dying, all
the field defiled with dust, blood, broken armour, mangled bodies, ..."
3. Alice-for-short: A Dichronism by William Frend De Morgan (1907)
"Charles can hardly help smiling, through the grisliness of the whole thing, at
the sort of claim (in defence of his infallibility) made by Haycroft that the ..."
4. A Manual of English Prose Literature by William Minto (1872)
"... the resounding of blows, was the first part of that ill-agreeing musick, which
was beautified with the grisliness of wounds, the rising of dust, ..."
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