Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - gruesome
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Gruesome
gruesome
also grewsome adjective Etymology: alteration of earlier growsome, from English dialect grow, grue to shiver, from Middle English gruen, probably from Middle Dutch gruwen; akin to Old High German ingruen to shiver Date: circa 1700 inspiring horror or repulsion ; grisly Synonyms: see ghastly • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun
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adj. horrible, grisly, disgusting. Derivatives gruesomely adv. gruesomeness n. Etymology: Sc. grue to shudder f. Scand. + -SOME(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. ужасный, страшный gruesome sight —- ужасное зрелище gruesome story —- страшная история gruesome murder —- чудовищное убийство ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. ужасный, отвратительный Syn: ghastly, grim, grisly, hideous, lurid, macabre Ant: charming, delightful, pleasing ...Англо-русский словарь
4.
Something that is gruesome is extremely unpleasant and shocking. There has been a series of gruesome murders in the capital. = grisly ADJ: usu ADJ n • gruesomely He has spent periods in prison, where he was gruesomely tortured. ...a gruesomely compelling series of interviews. ADV: ADV adj, ADV with v ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ adj very unpleasant and shocking, and usually connected with death or injury; grisly (Spare me all the gruesome details.) - gruesomely adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1570, from M.E. gruen "feel horror, shudder," possibly from M.Du. gruwen or M.L.G. gruwen "shudder with fear," or from a Scand. source (cf. Dan. grusom "cruel"). One of the many Scottish words popularized in England by Scott's novels. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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