gruesomely
2
6.9
- adverb
- /ˈɡruːsəmli/
- NSFW
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de manera espantosa
- The documentary gruesomely illustrated the effects of war on innocent civilians.
- died gruesomely
- murdered gruesomely
And I think that's what your friend should be saying because it's fucking gruesomely brutal, that arena you're in.
- And I think that's what your friend should be saying because it's fucking gruesomely brutal, that arena you're in.
- The pair was gruesomely drenched in blood, yet both had their good looking faces, oddly preserved like masks.
Examples
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The 12 people shot dead and dozens of people injured were at a sold-out showing of a gruesomely violent movie in which dozens of people are shot dead at close range and hundreds are injured.
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The pair was gruesomely drenched in blood, yet both had their good looking faces, oddly preserved like masks.
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Honestly, though, this has been a gruesomely long month.
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People die gruesomely to celebrate and congratulate.
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The first was gruesomely shocking and made me afraid to look at the screen, while the second one was very disturbing.
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The highest lump anywhere around was, gruesomely, Vulture Peak.
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Big round of applause for all of our undercard competitors... who today died so gruesomely.
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Some twenty years after that Christmas photograph, Mary, my great-grandmother, died gruesomely of cancer in my grandmother Louise's house with family all around.
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The endowment ceremony was supposed to be secret, and at the end, everyone swore blood oaths to kill themselves gruesomely if they revealed it.
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The full extent of the devastation is graphically and gruesomely conveyed in the remarkable photo gallery accompanying Shadid's article.
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Synonyms
126
3.5
In a very bad or shocking way
34
5.7
In a cruel and violent way
18
5.5
In a very ugly or shocking way
18
4.4
Shows that something is very bad, unpleasant, or extreme
13
4.8
In a way that makes you feel sick or upset
7
7.7
In a very strange and ugly way that feels shocking
6
6.8
Makes people feel shocked or disgusted
5
6.8
In a very cruel and shocking way
4
7.3
In a way that makes you feel disgusted or want to throw up
3
6.7
In a way that makes people feel very afraid or shocked
3
6.0
In a way that is very shocking or frightening
3
6.5
In a way that makes people feel worried or unhappy
3
7.0
In a way that makes you feel very disgusted or sick
1
7.0
In a very bad and unpleasant way
1
7.5
In a violent way that causes a lot of bleeding and injury
1
7.4
In a very bad or shocking way
1
8.4
In a shocking way that shows ugly, frightening details
1
7.7
In a way that causes strong disgust
1
9.3
In a cruel way that shows pleasure at other people's pain
1
8.8
In a way that causes great fear or pain
1
7.5
It happens in a very unpleasant and frightening way
In a cruel, violent way that hurts people
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word gruesomely comes from gruesome, which comes from an older word grue meaning 'to shudder'. So, something done gruesomely is done in a way that makes people feel horror or want to shudder.