Gruesome
(adjective)
- Inspiring horror or repulsion; gruesome details.
- 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:
- The crime scene was gruesome, with blood and body parts scattered everywhere.
- The gruesome images of war on television made many people feel sick to their stomachs.
- The accident was gruesome and the rescuers had to work hard to extricate the trapped driver.
- The gruesome movie was so terrible that I had to look away from the screen multiple times.
- The gruesome pictures of the crime were shown on the news and caused public outrage.