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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"

Used in print

(Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)

The gruesome humor of the Nazis was not forgotten - the gas_chamber with a sign on it with the name of a Jewish foundation and bearing a copper Star_of_David - nor the gratuitous sadism of SS officers .

Related terms

alarming

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