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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gruesome \Grue"some\, a. Same as {Grewsome}. [Scot.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grewsome \Grew"some\, Gruesome \Grue"some\, a. [From a word akin to Dan. gru horror, terror + -some; cf D. gruwzaam G. grausam Cf {Grisly}.] Ugly; frightful. Grewsome sights of war. --C. Kingsley. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gruesome adj : 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" [syn: {ghastly}, {grim}, {grisly}, {macabre}]
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