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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition: |
repugnantly frightful; horrid.
The gruesome crime still haunts the memory of the townspeople.
- synonyms:
- abhorrent, frightful, ghastly, grisly, hideous, horrendous, horrid, macabre, monstrous
- antonyms:
- pleasant
- similar words:
- abominable, awful, disgusting, dreadful, grim, grotesque, horror, loathsome, lurid, morbid, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, terrible
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| related words: |
atrocious, dread, hideous, horrendous, horrible, monstrous, unearthly |
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| derivations: |
gruesomely (adv.), gruesomeness (n.) |
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