be gruesome
Frequency: 8.015.5 per million words
Used to describe something as causing repulsion or horror.
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Examples (10)
- The details of the accident are too gruesome to describe.
- The crime scene was particularly gruesome, even for experienced detectives.
- The images from the warzone can be extremely gruesome.
- Why do some horror movies have to be so gruesome?
- The documentary warns that some scenes will be quite gruesome.
- Reading the account of the ancient battle was a gruesome experience.
- If the old tales are true, the sight was truly gruesome.
- He recounted a story from his time as a paramedic, and some parts were very gruesome.
- The director's intent was for the final discovery to be memorably gruesome.
- Although the evidence was gruesome, it was necessary for the jury to see it.