grisliness
- a word derived from grisly.
Example Sentences
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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
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
That may delight the sort of people who regularly peruse Fangoria magazine, but it presents a conundrum to those trying to sell the grisliness to the masses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2014
Grayness and grisliness have this difference; grayness is only in the head, but grisliness all over the body.
