Gruesome : 섬뜩한, 소름끼치는
Gruesomely : 소름끼치게
Gruesomeness : 으스스함, 섬뜩함
1)
Something is gruesome, it causes repulsion
it's horrible
it's grisly
an idea of blood or murder or extreme pain
that is grisly, there waas a gruesome statue on the table
it makes you feel horror and fear
it inspires disgust and distaste
horrific, shocking, awful, terrible
normally deals with death or injury or pain with blood
something ghastly, macabre, horrible
a scene from hell
abominable, spine-chilling
a slaughterhouse, a place where they kill animals, this is quite a gruesome place
shocking, unpleasant, deals with death, blood
horrifying ghastly
gruesome creatures
feel a bit of nausea
repugnant grisly bloody
2)
informally , to mean really bad
the meal that they gave us was gruesome, disgusting
another gruesome day at the office
something that is unpleasant, horrible, that's much more slightly humorous
gruesome sight
repellently frightful, shocking, ghastly
Formality : 6.5
Formality in informal uses as hyperbole : 4
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