'Gruesome' definitions:
Definition of 'gruesome'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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, gruesome, macabre, sick]
Definition of 'Gruesome'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Grewsome sights of war. --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'gruesome'
From: GCIDE
- gruesome \grue"some\, a. Ugly; frightful. Same as grewsome. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gruesome'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abominable,
- appalling,
- astounding,
- awe-inspiring,
- awesome,
- awful,
- baleful,
- blue,
- cadaverous,
- corpselike,
- daunting,
- deadly,
- deathlike,
- deathly,
- deathly pale,
- dire,
- direful,
- dread,
- dreaded,
- dreadful,
- eerie,
- fearsome,
- fell,
- forbidding,
- formidable,
- foul,
- frightening,
- frightful,
- ghastly,
- ghostlike,
- ghostly,
- ghoulish,
- grim,
- grisly,
- grotesque,
- haggard,
- hideous,
- horrendous,
- horrible,
- horrid,
- horrific,
- horrifying,
- livid,
- loathsome,
- lurid,
- macabre,
- morbid,
- mortuary,
- offensive,
- pale,
- redoubtable,
- repellent,
- repelling,
- repugnant,
- repulsive,
- revolting,
- schrecklich,
- shocking,
- sinister,
- terrible,
- terrific,
- terrifying,
- tremendous,
- uncanny,
- unearthly,
- wan,
- weird