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Meanings of
gruesome
in English
Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror.
sick
grim
ghastly
grisly
macabre
Related terms
alarming
Synonyms
Examples for "
sick
"
sick
grim
ghastly
grisly
macabre
Examples for "
sick
"
1
The effect of the sudden presence in the
sick
-room
was most marked.
2
By personal contact of the
sick
with the well, especially in kissing.
3
The
sick
were healed in answer to his prayer of simple faith.
4
He took particular interest in the
sick
,
crippled and poorly nourished children.
5
Many were
sick
;
more were discontented; and all longed wearily for land.
1
It is possible the situation is less
grim
than it currently appears.
2
The Baghdad I left behind five years ago was a
grim
place.
3
Scotland's chief medical officer had another
grim
message for the public today.
4
They bring the
grim
reality of male violence into our living rooms.
5
This was the actual, and often quite
grim
,
reality of the frontier.
1
Of all the units operating in that
ghastly
Sector, the 17th H.L.I.
2
IRAQ: Somewhere in Iraq a grim and
ghastly
auction is taking place.
3
The ferocious purpose in the black eyes faded to a
ghastly
terror.
4
The Sermon on the Mount makes the morality of the nations
ghastly
.
5
The sand was stained with brownish blood patches; the wounds were
ghastly
.
1
The day's
grisly
work had suddenly lost its power over his appetite.
2
When Musa's
grisly
work is done, I send slaves scurrying for water.
3
On the other hand, the
grisly
subject matter is hardly multiplex fare.
4
Most were
grisly
but without the connection of the missing body parts.
5
It is the latest
grisly
chapter for Britain's once mighty steel industry.
1
Passing the second large oil pump, I made yet another
macabre
discovery.
2
Kevin Yates' sporting future has suddenly become a
macabre
game of Cluedo.
3
I know nothing of those heroes of
macabre
fact masquerading as fiction.
4
Chance makes an unusual request before embarking on a
macabre
handiwork project.
5
Though she was still human, technically, she'd been given their
macabre
thirst.
Usage of
gruesome
in English
1
Conditions at Mountjoy and Cork prisons were said to be particularly
gruesome
.
2
Every part of the Golden State Killer's case is
gruesome
and fascinating.
3
The light from the lamp without flickered on it in
gruesome
sportiveness.
4
The
gruesome
case involves a disturbing online video that depicts the crime.
5
A passer-by came across the
gruesome
scene and immediately alerted the authorities.
6
The scene was so
gruesome
it was in the news for weeks.
7
The massacre of Qana yesterday joins the
gruesome
catalogue of war atrocities.
8
For the tides and currents in those seas are strange and
gruesome
.
9
Crown prosecutor Brendan Campbell outlined the
gruesome
details to the jury today.
10
You can also read about rather
gruesome
rugby specific injuries over here.
11
The first example Denis Ireland gives is that familiar,
gruesome
passage .
12
Saturday's final was not a game; it was a strangely
gruesome
exhibition.
13
A
gruesome
picture of Indian life is given in the following incident.
14
They make no use of the supernatural, the
gruesome
or the uncanny.
15
Police in Pampierstad in the Northern Cape have made a
gruesome
discovery.
16
Some other drive sends her ever onward towards her
gruesome
political martyrdom.
Other examples for "gruesome"
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gruesome
Adjective
Frequent collocations
more gruesome
gruesome discovery
particularly gruesome
gruesome sight
gruesome details
More collocations
Gruesome
through the time
Gruesome
across language varieties
South Africa
Common
Australia
Common
Ireland
Less common
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