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 gruesome video was then quickly copied across the internet.
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John Wihbey, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
The Netflix series plays fast and loose with the real-life details of Gein's gruesome exploits.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
As someone whose murders inspired a plethora of horror films like Psycho, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Gein garnered a reputation for his gruesome murders.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 6 Oct. 2025
Without his mother’s overbearing glare, Ed becomes romantically involved with Adeline Watkins (Suzanna Son), an intriguing outcast in town, and begins indulging in a spree of gruesome crimes that would later shock the nation.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gruesome
John Wihbey, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
The Netflix series plays fast and loose with the real-life details of Gein's gruesome exploits.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
As someone whose murders inspired a plethora of horror films like Psycho, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Gein garnered a reputation for his gruesome murders.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 6 Oct. 2025
Without his mother’s overbearing glare, Ed becomes romantically involved with Adeline Watkins (Suzanna Son), an intriguing outcast in town, and begins indulging in a spree of gruesome crimes that would later shock the nation.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gruesome
Adjective
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The nature of his creation may be horrific, but his heart beats the same as ours.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Others argue that an end to the fighting, and to the horrific images from Gaza that have flooded social-media feeds for two years, could allow American boosters of Israel to regain their footing.—
David M. Halbfinger,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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And reminds us all once again of what an utterly horrible, small, bad, & insecure person Trump is.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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But during the difficult years, when a horrible cocktail of apathy and toxicity set in, attendance was notably lower.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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And in a shocking twist, it was revealed that on one of the highest voting nights, no celebrity will be going home this week.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
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Google’s Pixel 10 Pro Fold became the first smartphone to explode during a JerryRigEverything durability test, marking a shocking moment in YouTuber Zack Nelson’s decade-long history of stress-testing devices.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Midler and Hawn co-starred alongside Keaton in 1996’s The First Wives Club, with the stars portraying divorcées who wonderfully, wickedly take revenge on their terrible former spouses.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
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In the 1970s, when game replays of both programs aired late Saturday nights on public television in Dubuque, Iowa and Wisconsin were equally terrible, and the city was fertile ground for whichever program got off the mat.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Only instead of ignoring or burying this awful truth, Kai travels the world, speaking at synagogues and in Jewish community centers about his family’s dark past — and at high schools and colleges to ensure that the atrocities of Nazi Germany are never forgotten or sanitized.—
Johnny Dodd,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Stanford has been awful on the road, losing to Hawaii and getting blown out by BYU and Virginia.—
Harold Gutmann,
Mercury News,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Add them to movie-night snacks, candy bowls, or trick-or-treat bags for a fun, not-too-frightening addition to your Halloween spread.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Oct. 2025
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The sight of armed soldiers outfitted for war on city streets strikes many Americans as a frightening escalation from a President seemingly bent on punishing those who oppose him.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Gruesome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gruesome. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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