Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gruesome"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gruesome \Grue"some\, a.
Same as {Grewsome}. [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grewsome \Grew"some\, Gruesome \Grue"some\, a. [From a word akin
to Dan. gru horror, terror + -some; cf. D. gruwzaam, G.
grausam. Cf. {Grisly}.]
Ugly; frightful.
Grewsome sights of war. --C. Kingsley.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gruesome
adj : shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds";
"the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of
burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome
evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and
plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived
by madmen" [syn: {ghastly}, {grim}, {grisly}, {macabre}]
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