Gruesome (adjective)

  1. Inspiring horror or repulsion; gruesome details.
  2. Extremely unpleasant, ugly, or distasteful.

Origin:

From the middle english word "grisly", meaning terrifying, from the old english word "grislic", meaning terrifying, from the proto-germanic word "grislijaz", meaning terrifying. .

Examples:

  1. The crime scene was gruesome, with blood and body parts scattered everywhere.
  2. The gruesome images of war on television made many people feel sick to their stomachs.
  3. The accident was gruesome and the rescuers had to work hard to extricate the trapped driver.
  4. The gruesome movie was so terrible that I had to look away from the screen multiple times.
  5. The gruesome pictures of the crime were shown on the news and caused public outrage.
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