gruesome Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
    macabre; grisly; ghastly; sick; grim.
    • 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

WordNet


Grue"some adjective
Definitions
  1. Same as Grewsome. Scot.

Webster 1913