About The Word Gruesome

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Gruesome

Gruesome Meaning & Definition
Gruesome Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gruesome?

[adj] 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gruesome: alarming | ghastly | grim | grisly | macabre

Related Terms | Find terms related to Gruesome: abominable | appalling | astounding | awe-inspiring | awesome | awful | baleful | blue | cadaverous | corpselike | daunting | deadly | deathlike | deathly | deathly pale | dire | direful | dread | dreaded | dreadful | eerie | fearsome | fell | forbidding | formidable | foul | frightening | frightful | ghastly | ghostlike | ghostly | ghoulish | grim | grisly | grotesque | haggard | hideous | horrendous | horrible | horrid | horrific | horrifying | livid | loathsome | lurid | macabre | morbid | mortuary | offensive | pale | redoubtable | repellent | repelling | repugnant | repulsive | revolting | schrecklich | shocking | sinister | terrible | terrific | terrifying | tremendous | uncanny | unearthly | wan | weird

See Also |

Gruesome In Webster's Dictionary

\Grue"some\, a. Same as {Grewsome}. [Scot.]

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