GRUESOME

[grue.some] adj [alter. of earlier growsome, fr. E dial. grow, grue to shiver, fr. ME gruen, prob. fr. MD gruwen; akin to OHG ingruen to shiver] (1816): inspiring horror or repulsion: grisly "~ scenes of battle and death --E. J. Fitzgerald" syn see ghastly -- grue.some.ly adv -- grue.some.ness n