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[ adjective ] shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

Examples

"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"

Related terms

alarming

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[ adjective ] gruesomely indicative of death or the dead

Synonyms

sepulchral charnel

Examples

"a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones" "ghastly shrieks" "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"

Related terms

offensive

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