Gruesome has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
"ghastly wounds"
"the grim aftermath of the bombing"
"the grim task of burying the victims"
"a grisly murder"
"gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"
"macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"
"macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
2
Repellently frightful and shocking; horrific or ghastly.
Example Sentences
"ghastly wounds"
adjective
"the grim aftermath of the bombing"
adjective
"the grim task of burying the victims"
adjective
"a grisly murder"
adjective
"gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"
adjective
"macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"
adjective
"macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
adjective