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grisliness
Derived word form of grisly

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Pratt found solace in his own creative artwork every evening, she explained, a counterbalance to the grisliness he confronted all day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

Sam Raimi brings an exuberant horror-movie grisliness to bear on this latest Marvel Cinematic Universe adventure.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2022

What grisliness awaits if anyone could know if you were telling the truth just by looking at you?

From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2021

As prestige-seeking television has gotten increasingly grisly and lurid, it has also become ever more dedicated to exploring the painful psychological ramifications of all that grisliness.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2014

Grayness and grisliness have this difference; grayness is only in the head, but grisliness all over the body.

From The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle