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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror;
- Example: "ghastly wounds"
- Example: "the grim aftermath of the bombing"
- Example: "the grim task of burying the victims"
- Example: "a grisly murder"
- Example: "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"
- Example: "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"
- Example: "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
[syn: ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Grewsome \Grew"some\, Gruesome \Grue"some\, a. [From a word akin
   to Dan. gru horror, terror + -some; cf. D. gruwzaam, G.
   grausam. Cf. Grisly.]
   Ugly; frightful.
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         Grewsome sights of war.                  --C. Kingsley.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

gruesome \grue"some\, a.
   Ugly; frightful. Same as grewsome. [Scot.]
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

gruesome
    adj 1: 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" [syn: ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome,
           macabre, sick]