Something that is grisly is extremely unpleasant, and usually involves death and violence. two horrifically grisly murders. = gruesome. extremely unpleasant and involving people being killed or injured
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"