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1. (adj.) gruesome
causing horror and repugnance:
a gruesome murder.
2. gruesome
full of problems; distressing.
Etymology: (1560–70; obs. or dial. grue to shudder (ME < Scand; cf. early Dan grue, early Sw grua shudder) + -some1)
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1. (adj) ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick
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"
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1. (adjective) gruesome
bloody and horrible
a gruesome murder; The crime scene was gruesome.
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1. (adj) gruesome
ugly; frightful
2. (adj) gruesome
same as Grewsome
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Sense: horrible
a gruesome sight.
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 Afrikaans: aaklige, grusame |
 Arabic: مُرْعِب، رَهيب |
 Bulgarian: ужасен |
 Brazilian: medonho |
 Czech: příšerný |
 German: grausig |
 Danish: grusom |
 Greek: φρικτός |
 Spanish: horrible, horripilante |
 Estonian: õudne |
 Farsi: هولناک |
 Finnish: kammottava |
 French: horrible |
 Hebrew: מחריד |
 Hindi: कुरूप, भीषण, वीभत्स |
 Croatian: grozan, strašan, odvratan |
 Hungarian: hátborzongató |
 Indonesian: mengerikan |
 Icelandic: hræðilegur |
 Italian: orribile |
 Japanese: ぞっとするような |
 Korean: 소름끼치는 |
 Lithuanian: šiurpus, kraupus |
 Latvian: šausmīgs; drausmīgs |
 Malay: menggerunkan |
 Dutch: vreselijk, gruwelijk |
 Norwegian: redselsfull, makaber, fæl |
 Polish: makabryczny |
 Persian: هولناک |
 Pashto: ويروونكى، ډاروونكى |
 Portuguese: medonho |
 Romanian: oribil |
 Russian: жуткий |
 Slovak: príšerný |
 Slovenian: strašen |
 Serbian: jeziv |
 Swedish: hemsk, ohygglig, kuslig |
 Thai: น่ากลัว |
 Turkish: korkunç, dehşet verici |
 Taiwanese: 駭人的 |
 Ukrainian: жахливий |
 Urdu: نفرت انگیز |
 Vietnamese: khủng khiếp |
 Chinese: 可怕的 |
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