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Definition of Gruesomest
1. gruesome [adj] - See also: gruesome
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gruesomest
Literary usage of Gruesomest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1898)
"The whole scene is one of the grimmest, not to say gruesomest, Hogarthian humour.
Krasnoi was the next stage after Smolensk. ..."
2. Wild Life Near Home by Dallas Lore Sharp (1901)
"... uninvited guest at the strangest, gruesomest assemblage ever gathered—a
buzzards' banquet. The silence of the nether world wrapped this festive scene. ..."
3. Law Lyrics by Robert Bird (1887)
"A man's but a cuif that wad yammer and yowl, And say that the future nae better
can bring, He'll kep little kail wha wad break his loom bowl, The gruesomest ..."
4. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1898)
"The whole scene is one of the grimmest, not to say gruesomest, Hogarthian humour.
Krasnoi was the next stage after Smolensk. ..."
5. Wild Life Near Home by Dallas Lore Sharp (1901)
"... uninvited guest at the strangest, gruesomest assemblage ever gathered—a
buzzards' banquet. The silence of the nether world wrapped this festive scene. ..."
6. Law Lyrics by Robert Bird (1887)
"A man's but a cuif that wad yammer and yowl, And say that the future nae better
can bring, He'll kep little kail wha wad break his loom bowl, The gruesomest ..."