gruesome
Repellently frightful and shockingRepellently frightful and shocking; ghastly, horrific.
» The ancient world was rather gruesome.
Die antike Welt war recht grauenvoll.
Meaning
3 sensesRepellently frightful and shocking; ghastly, horrific.
grauenhaft, grauenvoll
омерзи́тельныйomerzítelʹnyj, отврати́тельныйotvratítelʹnyj, ужа́сныйužásnyj
оги́днийohýdnyj, жахли́вийžaxlývyj
(broadly, informal)Awful, terrible.
The team was so unprepared that the way it played was just gruesome.
(archaic, rare)Of a person: filled with fear; afraid, fearful.
- shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
Examples
18 sentencesThe ancient world was rather gruesome.
deDie antike Welt war recht grauenvoll.
Igor sent Anna a gruesome warning.
We had many gruesome chores like homework.
deWir hatten viele grauenhafte Pflichten, zum Beispiel Hausaufgaben.
Sami accepted his full responsibility for the gruesome murder.
I saved him from a gruesome and humiliating death.
Translations
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Origin
From grue (“(archaic except Northern England, Scotland) to be frightened; to shudder withFrom grue (“(archaic except Northern England, Scotland) to be frightened; to shudder with fear”) + -some (suffix meaning ‘characterized by some specific condition or quality, usually to a considerable degree’ forming adjectives and nouns), probably popularized by the Scottish novelist and poet Walter Scott (1771–1832): see, for example, the 1816 quotation.
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Forms
gruesomer/more gruesome, gruesomest/most gruesome| Comparative | gruesomer / more gruesome Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | gruesomest / most gruesome Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
108 synonymsAntonyms
67 antonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form