Associations to the word «Gruesome»

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GRUESOME, adjective. Repellently frightful and shocking; horrific or ghastly

Dictionary definition

GRUESOME, adjective. 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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