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gruesome

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grue·some  (grsm)
adj.
Causing horror and repugnance; frightful and shocking: a gruesome murder. See Synonyms at ghastly.

[Obsolete grue, to shudder (from Middle English gruen, from Middle Dutch grwen or Middle Low German gruwen) + -some.]

gruesome·ly adv.
gruesome·ness n.

gruesome
Adjective
inspiring horror and disgust [Scandinavian]
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Adj.1.gruesome - 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"
alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger

gruesome
Translations
gruesome [ˈgruːsəm] adjhorrible

gruesome [ˈgruːsəm] adjhorrible

gruesome [ˈgruːsəm] adjgrauenhaft

gruesome [ˈgruːsəm] adjorribile

gruesome
adj gruesome [ˈgruːsəm]
horrible a gruesome sight. aaklige, grusame مُرْعِب، رَهيب ужасен příšerný grusom grausig φρικτός horrible, horripilante õudne هولناک hirvittävä horrible מחריד कुरूप, भीषण, वीभत्स grozan, strašan, odvratan hátborzongató mengerikan hræðilegur orribile ぞっとするような 소름끼치는 šiurpus, kraupus šausmīgs; drausmīgs menggerunkan vreselijk, gruwelijk redselsfull, makaber, fæl makabryczny medonho oribil жуткий príšerný strašen jeziv hemsk, ohygglig, kuslig น่ากลัว korkunç, dehşet verici 可怕的 жахливий نفرت انگیز khủng khiếp


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It was nearly in the heart of the town, yet by night it was as gruesome a place as the most dismal of human moods could crave.
Eventually they entered into a dark region where, from a careening building, a dozen gruesome doorways gave up loads of babies to the street and the gutter.
It was a most grotesque and horrid tableau and I hastened out into the fresh air; glad to escape from so gruesome a place.
 
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