If you describe something as ~, you mean that it is extremely frightening and unpleasant.
She described a ~ scene of dead bodies lying in the streets.
ADJ
If you describe something as ~, you mean that it is extremely frightening and unpleasant.
She described a ~ scene of dead bodies lying in the streets.
ADJ
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012