variants
or less commonly grewsome
: inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly
gruesome stories of wounded comrades
gruesomely
adverb
gruesomeness
noun
Synonyms
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
Recent Examples on the Web
But in 1955, a gruesome crash at the 24 Hours of Le Mans brought Mercedes’ motorsports involvement to an immediate halt.
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Bob Sorokanich, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2024
After Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman, were found dead following a gruesome slaying at her home in Brentwood, California, O.J. Simpson was arrested – following a police chase across LA that riveted millions of TV viewers across the country – and charged with their murders.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
In gruesome footage posted by his captors, Goldberg-Polin is shown packed into the back of a truck, his arm blown off by a grenade.
—Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
Sims performed gruesome vaginal surgeries on these Black mothers, sisters, and mere girls, some of whom had been raped by their slave masters, to learn how to fix injuries sustained during childbirth.
—Dr. Sharon Malone, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
The film is set in 1985, several years after the gruesome events of X, against the backdrop of the Night Stalker killings in Los Angeles.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
In the hours after the strike, gruesome videos circulated on social media, showing the vehicles’ insignia.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
By recognizing Sweeney as the barber who once lived above her shop, relaying the news of his wife’s apparent suicide and putting a razor in his hand, Mrs. Lovett sets in motion events that will end with a pile of bodies — and a gruesome answer to her pie shop’s meat shortage.
—Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
Among all of its gruesome set pieces, culminating in Room 101 in the Ministry of Love, the novel’s most decisive act of torment is a simple glance in the mirror.
—Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
Bob Sorokanich, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2024
After Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman, were found dead following a gruesome slaying at her home in Brentwood, California, O.J. Simpson was arrested – following a police chase across LA that riveted millions of TV viewers across the country – and charged with their murders.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
In gruesome footage posted by his captors, Goldberg-Polin is shown packed into the back of a truck, his arm blown off by a grenade.
—Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
Sims performed gruesome vaginal surgeries on these Black mothers, sisters, and mere girls, some of whom had been raped by their slave masters, to learn how to fix injuries sustained during childbirth.
—Dr. Sharon Malone, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
The film is set in 1985, several years after the gruesome events of X, against the backdrop of the Night Stalker killings in Los Angeles.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
In the hours after the strike, gruesome videos circulated on social media, showing the vehicles’ insignia.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
By recognizing Sweeney as the barber who once lived above her shop, relaying the news of his wife’s apparent suicide and putting a razor in his hand, Mrs. Lovett sets in motion events that will end with a pile of bodies — and a gruesome answer to her pie shop’s meat shortage.
—Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
Among all of its gruesome set pieces, culminating in Room 101 in the Ministry of Love, the novel’s most decisive act of torment is a simple glance in the mirror.
—Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
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“Gruesome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gruesome. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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