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gruesome(dictionary)

gruesome (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: grue 'to shake (with fear)' (14-19 centuries), from Middle Dutch gruwen]
very unpleasant or shocking, and involving someone being killed or badly injured
::Police described it as a particularly gruesome attack.
::Spare me the gruesome details.
-- gruesomely adv