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Meanings of gruesome in English

Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror.

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Usage of gruesome in English
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Conditions at Mountjoy and Cork prisons were said to be particularly gruesome.
The Irish Times
2
Every part of the Golden State Killer's case is gruesome and fascinating.
News.com.au
3
The light from the lamp without flickered on it in gruesome sportiveness.
The Battle of the Strong: A Romance of Two Kingdoms — Volume 6
4
The gruesome case involves a disturbing online video that depicts the crime.
The Irish Times
5
A passer-by came across the gruesome scene and immediately alerted the authorities.
The South African
6
The scene was so gruesome it was in the news for weeks.
Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods
7
The massacre of Qana yesterday joins the gruesome catalogue of war atrocities.
The Irish Times
8
For the tides and currents in those seas are strange and gruesome.
Pearl of Pearl Island
9
Crown prosecutor Brendan Campbell outlined the gruesome details to the jury today.
News.com.au
10
You can also read about rather gruesome rugby specific injuries over here.
The South African
11
The first example Denis Ireland gives is that familiar, gruesome passage .
The Irish Times
12
Saturday's final was not a game; it was a strangely gruesome exhibition.
The Guardian
13
A gruesome picture of Indian life is given in the following incident.
The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search o...
14
They make no use of the supernatural, the gruesome or the uncanny.
The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
15
Police in Pampierstad in the Northern Cape have made a gruesome discovery.
The South African
16
Some other drive sends her ever onward towards her gruesome political martyrdom.
The Guardian
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South Africa
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Australia
Common
Ireland
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