gruesome : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: gruesome	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for gruesome
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gruesome adj shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen" Synonym(s): ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grewsome \Grew"some\, Gruesome \Grue"some\, a. [From a word akin to Dan. gru horror, terror + -some; cf. D. gruwzaam, G. grausam. Cf. {Grisly}.] Ugly; frightful. Grewsome sights of war. --C. Kingsley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gruesome \Grue"some\, a. Same as {Grewsome}. [Scot.]