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gruesome

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[groo-suhm]

adjective

  1. causing great horror; horribly repugnant; grisly.

    the site of a gruesome murder.

  2. full of or causing problems; distressing.

    a gruesome day at the office.



gruesome

/ ˈɡːə /

adjective

  1. inspiring repugnance and horror; ghastly

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • gruesomely adverb
  • gruesomeness noun
  • ungruesome adjective
  • ˈܱdzԱ noun
  • ˈܱdz adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of gruesome1

1560–70; obsolete grue to shudder (cognate with German grauen, Dutch gruwen ) + -some 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of gruesome1

C16: originally Northern English and Scottish; see grue , -some 1
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When I was a kid, I lived under a gruesome dictatorship in Argentina.

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“Society cannot allow this serial killer who committed such horrible, gruesome, random killings back out,” she wrote in the online petition, which has garnered more than 116,000 signatures since it was created in 2016.

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The brutal conflict between the Washington Liberation Front and the primitive religious cult the Seraphites makes Ellie’s mission all the more dangerous and complex — and the show’s imagery more gruesome.

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The Menendez brothers have been in prison for more than 35 years after being sentenced to life without the possibility of parole in the gruesome 1989 murders.

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Several of Karen’s friends and family members attended Monday’s sentencing hearing to share their continued grief about the gruesome killing and show that she has not been forgotten, prosecutors said.

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