variants
or less commonly grewsome
: inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly
gruesome stories of wounded comrades
gruesomely
adverb
gruesomeness
noun
Examples of gruesome in a Sentence
The police report described the scene in gruesome detail.
didn't stick around to hear the gruesome details of the car accident
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Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2025
Who was Charles Manson? Manson was a cult leader in the late 1960s known for orchestrating gruesome murders in Los Angeles.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025
Caserio just traded a 2026 seventh-round pick for Christian Kirk, which makes sense considering Tank Dell suffered a second gruesome lower body injury late last season, but Stefon Diggs is also headed for free agency.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
No procedure is too gruesome, too bloody, or too painful to achieve her happily ever after, in this visceral body horror from Norway.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gruesome
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“Gruesome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gruesome. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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