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gruesome Definition

grue·some (gro̵̅o̅səm)

adjective

causing horror or disgust; grisly

Etymology: < dial. grue, to shudder (< ME gruwen, akin to MHG < IE base *ĝhreu-, to grind down > grit) + -some

gruesome Related Forms
grue·somely adverb grue·some·ness noun
gruesome Synonyms

gruesome

modif.

gruesome Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • look: In fact, it could look a bit gruesome and icky.
  • see: Never in all my years would I expect to have seen anything so horribly gruesome; all the blood, the carnage.

Modifies a noun

  • twosome: A stall sells T-shirts with the slogan " Keep Scotland tidy, bin the gruesome twosome.
  • murder: He quickly read the articles describing the gruesome murder of a young mother.
  • killing: Over a half-century later, a rookie cop connects Short's murder to a series of gruesome present-day killings.
  • fate: It also reveals the gruesome fate of unwanted male calves -- every year up to 200,000 are shot in the head just hours afterbirth.
  • tale: I was nearing the climax of the most gruesome tale in my repertoire.
  • spectacle: I stayed on at the main stage to witness one of the more gruesome spectacles of the festival.

Modifying Another Word

  • rather: They leave their skin cases behind, which look rather gruesome still clinging, lifeless, to the iris leaves.
  • particularly: In the first series, the episode on the training day where Brent goes home to get his guitar is particularly gruesome.
  • pretty: They are home to a vast selection of pretty gruesome independent horror movies.
  • fairly: The details of Husayn's actual death are fairly gruesome.
  • quite: Later books in the series are much darker and she kills off some characters in quite gruesome ways.
  • sometimes: We present the sometimes gruesome facts of this murky, convoluted international legal quagmire.

Used with adjective complement

  • justify: If you become offended by anything, please read An Attempt to Justify Gruesome Bible Passages.
  • look: They leave their skin cases behind, which look rather gruesome still clinging, lifeless, to the iris leaves.
  • sound: In medical terms the description of a hangover sounds even more gruesome.
  • get: Customer Rating: Review Summary: It starts off fine enough, but gets gruesome fast... .

Preposition: in

  • part: Don't take your kids to see it tho because it is quite scary and gruesome in parts.

Preposition: of

  • scene: Scenes will range from thefts from motor vehicles to the most complex and gruesome of murder scenes.

Browse dictionary entries near gruesome

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