🔄 Synonyms of "Gruesome"
5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Gruesome"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| grisly | Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying. |
| ghastly | Horrifyingly shocking. |
| grim | Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding. |
| macabrenoun | Ghastly, shocking, terrifying. |
| alarming | Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening. |
| lurid | Pruriently detailed and sensationalistic about something shocking or horrifying, especially with regard to violence or sex. |
| horrific | Causing horror; horrifying. |
| horrifying | Tending to inspire horror; that horrifies; horrific. |
| appalling | Extremely unfavorable; terrible. |
| horrible | Causing horror; terrible; shocking. |
| dreadful | Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky. |
| monstrous | Hideous or frightful. |
| ghoulish | Fascinated by corpses; morbid. |
| harsh | Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses. |
| atrocious | Very bad; abominable, disgusting. |
| terrible | Very unpleasant; disagreeable. |
| horrendous | Extremely bad; awful; terrible. |
| god-awful | (US, slang, derogatory) Extremely awful, unpleasant or dreadful. |
| fearsome | frightening, especially in appearance. |
| terrifying | Frightening or intimidating. |
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