variants
also grewsome
as in horrific
extremely disturbing or repellent
didn't stick around to hear the gruesome details of the car accident
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Recent Examples of gruesome
That's eerily similar to the 1970s, when the same pattern resulted in a gruesome period for the stock market.
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Sarah Min, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Jose’s sister Terry, who had never seen the gruesome photos before, was so distressed that she was hospitalized the next day for a heart issue the family believed was related to the stress, according to Anamaria.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
San Francisco 49ers star linebacker Fred Warner suffered a gruesome ankle injury that led to him getting an air cast and carted off the field against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday afternoon.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025
A day later, the inevitable became reality as the Beavers fired coach Trent Bray following another ghastly loss in a gruesome season.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
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Sarah Min, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Jose’s sister Terry, who had never seen the gruesome photos before, was so distressed that she was hospitalized the next day for a heart issue the family believed was related to the stress, according to Anamaria.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
San Francisco 49ers star linebacker Fred Warner suffered a gruesome ankle injury that led to him getting an air cast and carted off the field against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday afternoon.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025
A day later, the inevitable became reality as the Beavers fired coach Trent Bray following another ghastly loss in a gruesome season.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gruesome
Adjective
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The tragedy in question is no secret — Chris and Jenny are killed together in a horrific car accident, which inspires all sorts of awful questions — and the fallout is mostly predictable.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
22 Oct. 2025
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How the stakeholders juggled those diametrically opposed ideas—liberty and self-governance but also slavery and their horrific treatment of the Native American population—is the part of the human experience that Burns is most interested in exploring.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Inherently, a writer doing historical research is always victim to this horrible irony.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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There are some horrible things said on stage by the mystery writer that Tony Carlin plays.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The shocking New York City murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024 was followed by a July Midtown Manhattan shooting that claimed the lives of two security guards and two executives at Blackstone and Rudin Management.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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At some hibernation sites, a shocking 90 to 100 percent of bats have died, and there currently is no cure.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Chapter narrators alternate between a homing pigeon and a soldier whose futures intersect in the most terrible of war offensives in France.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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Sunday will also be Gabriel’s first NFL start in terrible weather.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The tragedy in question is no secret — Chris and Jenny are killed together in a horrific car accident, which inspires all sorts of awful questions — and the fallout is mostly predictable.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
22 Oct. 2025
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But talk about some awful timing, my word.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Even more frightening for journalists is the idea that generations are growing up without the habit of following news, particularly for their own communities.—
David Bauder,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Witch-burning, frightening folklore, and centuries of war and bloodshed have imparted an unsettling ambience in destinations like Edinburgh.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Gruesome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gruesome. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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