gruesome
Use the word “gruesome” for really bad situations that involve death or terrible forms of human suffering.
- Details of the gruesome murder were published in the newspaper.
- It’s hard to comprehend how someone could do something that was gruesome.
- Investigators who visited the crime scene were shocked by the gruesome nature of the assault.
- War is a gruesome activity.
- Soldiers engaged in combat witness some of the most gruesome forms of violence.
- The gruesomeness of war is what makes it so intolerable. (The word “gruesomeness” is a noun.)
- On Halloween, some people like to put on makeup that makes them look gruesome.
- Gruesome monsters are popular costumes on Halloween.
The man was eaten alive by a gruesome monster.