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 , macabre , sick ]

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