grewsome
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- grewsomely adverb
- grewsomeness noun
Example Sentences
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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 Cooper, Frederic Taber
Whether it was too grewsome for their taste or whether there was some other reason, Gibbs tried hard to find out.
From In the Onyx Lobby by Wells, Carolyn
The doctor was a most accomplished gentleman, but he had a fondness for the grewsome in description equal to Edgar Allan Poe himself.
From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by Blount, James H.
How often had she heard that grewsome story—even that the plunging horse was a sorrel!
From Throckmorton by Seawell, Molly Elliot
There was something grewsome about that tiger's fiendish cunning.
From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.
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