Gruesome Definition

gro͝osəm
adjective
gruesomer, gruesomest
Causing horror or disgust; grisly.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Gruesome

Adjective

Base Form:
gruesome
Comparative:
gruesomer
Superlative:
gruesomest

Origin of Gruesome

  • Obsolete grue to shudder (from Middle English gruen) (from Middle Dutch grūwen) (or Middle Low German gruwen) –some

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Compare Danish and Norwegian grusom (“horrible”), German grausam (“cruel”).

    From Wiktionary

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