I don't like going to haunted houses around Halloween as I find a lot of the effects to be too gruesome for me to see. Horror movies often rely on gruesome effects for their shock value.
I penetrated her rectum with gruesome force.
The pile of corpses left by the serial killer was a gruesome sight.
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That maniac committed a gruesome crime.
The African americans work as slaves was hard and gruesome.
In medical terms the description of a hangover sounds even more gruesome.
Working at the city morgue is a gruesome occupation.
The realism of the movie's gruesome torture scene was such that some moviegoers actually vomited in the theater.
Grisly is a word that describes something horrible or gruesome. You could use it like: Grisly murders are happening all over town.
No, the word 'gruesome' is an adjective, a word that describes a noun; for example a gruesome scene, a gruesome crime, etc.The noun form for the adjective gruesome is gruesomeness.
The word "gruesome" is an adjective, therefore it is used to describe things, such as an object or a scenario. "Gruesome" has a very strong context and should not be used lightly. You could apply it to describing anything considered very horrible or grisly, often with undertones of fear or horror. Examples: "The murder scene was incredibly gruesome." "A gruesome slime monster crawled out of the murky pond."
The word is spelled gruesome. The crime scene was described as "gruesome".