variants
or less commonly grewsome
: inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly
gruesome stories of wounded comrades
gruesomely
adverb
gruesomeness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of gruesome in a Sentence
The police report described the scene in gruesome detail.
didn't stick around to hear the gruesome details of the car accident
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Malone is peaking at the right time after a gruesome knee injury threatened to end his gymnastics career.
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Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
The complaint lays out part of the timeline leading up to the gruesome find.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 9 June 2024
When the disclosures are more malevolent, the image becomes increasingly gruesome.
—Carolyn B. Heller, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2024
In his new Netflix sci-fi movie Atlas about an evil AI that tries to end humanity, Brown plays Colonel Banks, and in one particularly gruesome scene, Banks is captured by the AI Harlan (Simu Liu) who tortures him with a needle to his eye.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 31 May 2024
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Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
The complaint lays out part of the timeline leading up to the gruesome find.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 9 June 2024
When the disclosures are more malevolent, the image becomes increasingly gruesome.
—Carolyn B. Heller, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2024
In his new Netflix sci-fi movie Atlas about an evil AI that tries to end humanity, Brown plays Colonel Banks, and in one particularly gruesome scene, Banks is captured by the AI Harlan (Simu Liu) who tortures him with a needle to his eye.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 31 May 2024
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“Gruesome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gruesome. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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