English → Latin
“grisly” in Latin
horridusrough, bristly, shaggy; rude, rough, uncouth, unpolished, untrimmed; awful, dreadful, horrible, horrid, frightful, fearfhī̆rsūtusrough, shaggy, bristly, prickly; hairy, hirsutevillōsushairy, shaggy
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
grisly
horridus (of beards, hair, etc.), or horridus aspectu (Plin.): horridus et trux (Cic.): trux horrendusque (Plin.): hirsutus (rough, thick; of hair): villosus (shaggy; leo, animal). Black and grisly, niger et hirsutus (Col.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for grisly?
- The usual Latin words for “grisly” are horridus, hī̆rsūtus, villōsus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.