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gruesome

/ˈɡɹusəm/adjective2 syllables

Gruesome means: shockingly repellent; inspiring horror.

Synonyms for gruesome21

adjective, as in shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

ghastly, grim, grisly, macabre, sick, alarming

also used for gruesome

horrible, affreux, spine-tingling, appalling, awful, eldritch, buggish, butt-clenching, abysmal, atrocious, bad, chronic, coarse, corny, crap

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What does gruesome mean?1

adjective

1

shockingly repellent; inspiring horror“ghastly wounds”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Gruesome in a sentence

  • Any murder is gruesome but this one was especially heinous.darinmex
  • He set out to make a movie as gruesome as humanly possible.mailohilohi
  • Sami accepted his full responsibility for the gruesome murder.OsoHombre
  • You shouldn't make fun of a subject as gruesome as death.LoverofEnglish
  • I saved him from a gruesome and humiliating death.rul
  • I saved him from a gruesome and dishonorable death.rul
  • I saved him from a very gruesome and dishonorable death.rul
  • Layla and Sami were a very gruesome couple of killers.OsoHombre

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Forms of gruesome

as a adjective

comparative
gruesomer
superlative
gruesomest