GRUESOME

ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

gruesome (comparative gruesomer or more gruesome, superlative gruesomest or most gruesome)

Repellently frightful and shocking; horrific or ghastly.

Source: Wiktionary


Grew"some

Definition: , Grue"some, a. Etym: [From a word akin to Dan. gru horror, terror + -some; cf. D. gruwzaam, G. grausam. Cf. Grisly.]

Definition: Ugly; frightful. Grewsome sights of war. C. Kingsley.

Grue"some, a.

Definition: Same as Grewsome. [Scot.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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