- a variation of gruesome.
grewsome
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"Death and Bonaparte" is a grewsome cartoon by Rowlandson, dated January 1, 1814.
From The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature by Frederic Taber Cooper
The house-gathering afterward savoured of the grewsome conviviality of a funeral assemblage.
From Ghetto Tragedies by Israel Zangwill
Prime knew his companion well enough by this time to be willing to trust her with the grewsome truth.
From Stranded in Arcady by Francis Lynde
They made good speed with the grewsome burden on the sled.
From The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service by Marvin Hill Dana
It is grewsome in fact, and horrible; but it is also strong and intense and vital.
From Women of Achievement Written for the Fireside Schools by Benjamin Griffith Brawley
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