gruesome Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective satellite shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
   macabre; grisly; ghastly; sick; grim.
   
   • 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

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