GRUESOME


Meaning of GRUESOME in English

■ adjective causing repulsion or horror.

↘ informal very unpleasant.

Derivatives

~ly adverb

~ness noun

Origin

C16: from Sc. grue 'feel horror, shudder' (of Scand. origin) + -some 1 .

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