Gruesome
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡɹuːsəm/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Gruesome is an adjective meaning Repellently frightful and shocking; ghastly, horrific.
Meaning
Repellently frightful and shocking; ghastly, horrific.
More Meanings
- (informal, loosely) Awful, terrible.
- (archaic, rare) Of a person: filled with fear; afraid, fearful.
Example Sentences
He taks a ſvvirlie, auld moſs-oak, / For ſome black, grouſome Carlin; […]
He has taken a bride / To his gruesome side, / That's as fair as himself is bold: […]
With many a grausome shape unutterable, / Limn'd were the cavernous sepulchral walls; […]
[T]he dim, mysterious half-light of the cellar falling in a grewsome way upon the misshapen bulk of a Chinese deity in the background, […]
Word Forms
- gruesomer
- gruesomest
Synonyms for gruesome
Depending on context, synonyms include grisly, horrible, affreux, alarming, spine-tingling, appalling.
Antonyms for gruesome
Common opposites include acceptable, agreeable, amazing, awesome, beatific, bene.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include grisly, ghastly, grim, macabre, alarming, lurid.
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