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Definition of Gruesome
1. Adjective. Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror. "Macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
Similar to: Alarming
Derivative terms: Ghastliness, Grimness, Gruesomeness
Definition of Gruesome
1. a. Same as Grewsome.
Definition of Gruesome
1. Adjective. repellently frightful and shocking; horrific or ghastly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gruesome
1. repugnant [adj -SOMER, -SOMEST] - See also: repugnant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gruesome
Literary usage of Gruesome
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Samuel F.B. Morse: His Letters and Journals by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Edward Lind Morse (1914)
"gruesome conditions. — Ubiquity of beggars. — Convent of St. Martino. — Masterpiece
of Spagnoletto. — Returns to Rome. — Paints portrait of Thorwaldsen. ..."
2. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"A ferryman of gruesome guise keeps ward Upon these waters, — Charon, foully
garbed, With unkempt, thick gray board upon his chin, And staring eyes of flame; ..."
3. Venezuela by Leonard Victor Dalton (1912)
"... the Llanos—an hato—Areo—An ancient cotton-press—The men of Urica— Churches
and wayside shrines—A gruesome monument—Cala- bozo—Barbacoas—Ortiz—Zaraza and ..."
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