gruesome
adjective
causing great horror; horribly repugnant; grisly.
gruesomely
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a word derived from
gruesome.
Example Sentences
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Ms. Borgman doesn’t—and likely wouldn’t—make use of the recently released, gruesomely detailed autopsy reports on the killings, documentation that was probably unavailable during production anyway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
She co-writes, directs and stars in this highly stylized, wonderfully DIY handmade project, beautifully designed with gruesomely gothic sets by production designer Becca Morrin and art director Ashley Devereux.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
A scenario that gruesomely echoes The Handmaid's Tale.
From Salon ● May 3, 2024
By the fall of 1942, German troops had actually broken into Stalingrad, but their progress thereafter was gruesomely slow and difficult.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The trees of the Black Forest, though, were gruesomely dead, each and every one of them.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
