[ US /ˈɡɹusəm/ ]
[ UK /ɡɹˈuːsʌm/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
    the grim task of burying the victims
    macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages
    macabre tortures conceived by madmen
    the grim aftermath of the bombing
    gruesome evidence of human sacrifice
    ghastly wounds
    a grisly murder
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How To Use gruesome In A Sentence

  • It gets worse: Spoon and Stretch suddenly find themselves wanted as possible suspects in a gruesome murder case.
  • One ship sinks, many sailors die, and Martin points out to Candide that the gruesome affair further proves his point.
  • Perhaps his most interesting is Captain Spaulding (Sid Haig), a psychopath who commits various gruesome murders and owns a freak show themed tourist attraction. Five Horrifying Clowns | myFiveBest
  • When you read the complete stories of the lives of these saints and shift your focus from the gruesome details of their martyrdoms and extreme ascetical practices, you might meet people who can teach you about being who you are. Rev. James Martin, S.J.: The Saints Were as Strange as You Are - And You Can Be as Holy as They Were
  • He loved the bustle and the chatter about news in London coffee houses and he had a nose for gruesome and sensational details. Times, Sunday Times
  • When news of the gruesome homicide began to trickle out, the Washington Post newsroom was astir.
  • The endings of fairytales used to be a lot more gruesome too. Times, Sunday Times
  • Police finally made the gruesome discovery in his freezer after going to his farm with a warrant to search for an illegal gun. The Sun
  • The strangest thing about this book is how compelling it is, and the compulsion of it is not simply that of the compulsion to rubberneck at the scene of a gruesome accident.
  • I once caught a scarf in a lift door as it closed and only just managed to heave it free and save myself from a gruesome end.
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