grewsome
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- grewsomely adverb
- grewsomeness noun
Example Sentences
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This grewsome story is the one used by Meyerbeer in his opera of "Le Proph�te."
From A Short History of Germany by Parmele, Mary Platt
It was almost grewsome, but The Phantom’s sense of perplexity was stronger than his repugnance.
From The Gray Phantom by Landon, Herman
I took the feet of the grewsome burden, the Skipper carrying the head.
From Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty by Crowninshield, Mrs. Schuyler
There was something grewsome about that tiger's fiendish cunning.
From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.
There had been a bunch of faded flowers upon the mound; he restored these and with a sigh of relief shouldered his spade and auger and took his departure, glad to leave the grewsome spot.
From Sons and Fathers by Edwards, Harry Stillwell
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