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Colossal vs Grisly - What's the difference?

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Colossal is a related term of grisly.


As adjectives the difference between colossal and grisly

is that colossal is extremely large or on a great scale while grisly is horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome.

colossal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Extremely large or on a great scale.
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    Synonyms

    * (extremely large) enormous, giant, gigantic, immense, prodigious, vast * See also

    Related terms

    * colosseum * ----

    grisly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome
    • The photos of the killings depict a grisly scene.

    See also

    * gristly * grizzly