Usually means: Graphic, gruesome quality; evoking horror.
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  1. grisliness: Merriam-Webster
  2. grisliness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. grisliness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. grisliness: Wordnik
  5. grisliness: Wiktionary
  6. Grisliness, grisliness: Dictionary.com
  7. Grisliness: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. grisliness: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Grisliness: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. grisliness: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Grisliness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. grisliness: Legal dictionary

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▸ noun:  The characteristic or quality of being grisly.

Similar:
gruesomeness, grimness, grizzliness, gristliness, griminess, grimliness, grittiness, goriness, grubbiness, grievousness, more...

Opposite:
pleasantness, attractiveness, beauty

Types:
mild, medium, extreme, more...

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Similar:
gruesomeness, grimness, grizzliness, gristliness, griminess, grimliness, grittiness, goriness, grubbiness, grievousness, more...

Opposite:
pleasantness, attractiveness, beauty

Types:
mild, medium, extreme, more...



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