Synonyms for gruesome
ˈgru səmgrue·some

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1. ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sickadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   down(p), dispirited, downcast, nauseous, wan, disgusted, pale, forbidding, dismal, dark, charnel, sick, demented, disconsolate, sepulchral, black, gloomy, low, unbalanced, pallid, unrelenting, down in the mouth, stern, blue, disturbed, brainsick, unappeasable, macabre, downhearted, grim, sickish, ill, nauseated, mordant, sick(p), unhinged, dour, fed up(p), mad, low-spirited, relentless, unforgiving, sorry, crazy, drab, ghastly, depressed, dingy, inexorable, dreary, queasy, drear, grisly, sick of(p), tired of(p)

   Antonyms:
   unalarming

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1. List of paraphrases for "gruesome":

   horrible, terrible, horrific, horrifying, horrendous, atrocious, heinous, appalling, dreadful, awful, hideous, cruel, macabre

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1. Kurt Vonnegut Jr.:

   It strikes me as gruesome and comical that in our culture we have an expectation that man can always solve his problems ... This is so untrue that it makes me want to cry—or laugh.

2. Martin Schulz:

   The Mediterranean becomes a mass grave, gruesome scenes play out at borders, there is mutual blame - and those in greatest need, seeking our protection, are left without help.

3. Paula Mitchell:

   Politicians get to say, 'We have the death penalty, look at all the people we have on death row,' but the delays allow them to spare the public from the gruesome act of an execution.

4. Utica Police Chief Mark Williams:

   Personally, I've been on this job 27 years and it's one of the more gruesome scenes I've seen, a lot of cities in this country are struggling with the mentally ill.

5. Dan May:

   It was a sweet day in the sense that justice was brought to Patrick Frazee for this brutal, gruesome, senseless murder, it's a sad day that all justice can do is hold Patrick Frazee accountable. We wish Kelsey Berreth were here today. That would be true justice if she could join us today.