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Definition of Gruesomeness
1. Noun. The quality of being ghastly.
Generic synonyms: Frightfulness
Derivative terms: Ghastly, Ghastly, Grim, Grim, Grim, Gruesome, Lurid, Lurid
Definition of Gruesomeness
1. Noun. The characteristic or quality of being gruesome. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gruesomeness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gruesomeness
Literary usage of Gruesomeness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Literary News by L. Pylodet, Augusta Harriet (Garrigue) Leypoldt (1903)
"They are well told ; although lacking in subtlety and gruesomeness, they have
the fascination of the uncanny. The majority of the spirits seem to revisit ..."
2. The Geophysical Observatory by St. Louis University, Geophysical Observatory (1894)
"We were soon compelled to recognise the gruesomeness of the charts our method
was producing. The apologetic tone of our first paper ..."
3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1921)
"... as if some ancient fairy tale, with all its romance and gruesomeness had come
true, Thomas Burke conveys us in verse to the shop of Quong Lee. ..."
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