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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Then, on November 25, 1987, the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office received a gruesome package in the mail.
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Christine Pelisek, People.com, 27 May 2025
The gruesome recovery comes in the wake of a gruesome February incident, when a body was found inside a suitcase floating in the East River.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025
Larvae of the parasitic fly chew through flesh, transforming small nicks into big, gruesome wounds.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 27 May 2025
After the 1979 Revolution, Iran’s theocracy expanded the gruesome compound, which includes gallows and an execution yard.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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Christine Pelisek, People.com, 27 May 2025
The gruesome recovery comes in the wake of a gruesome February incident, when a body was found inside a suitcase floating in the East River.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025
Larvae of the parasitic fly chew through flesh, transforming small nicks into big, gruesome wounds.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 27 May 2025
After the 1979 Revolution, Iran’s theocracy expanded the gruesome compound, which includes gallows and an execution yard.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 26 May 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 5 Jun. 2025.
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