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- pronunciation:
- gru
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- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
frightening in a disgusting way; horrible.
The town still talks about the gruesome crime that took place more than fifty years ago.- synonyms:
- frightful, ghastly, hideous, horrid, monstrous
- antonyms:
- pleasant
- similar words:
- abominable, awful, disgusting, dreadful, grim, grotesque, loathsome, repellent, terrible
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| related words: |
atrocious, dread, horrible, monstrous |
| derivations: |
gruesomely (adv.), gruesomeness (n.) |
The word gruesome
contains the following part:
-some1
Old English
adjective-forming suffix
that means characterized by, tending to
  Example words:
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