grewsome
1Grewsome — Grew some, Gruesome Grue some, a. [From a word akin to Dan. gru horror, terror + some; cf. D. gruwzaam, G. grausam. Cf. {Grisly}.] Ugly; frightful. [1913 Webster] Grewsome sights of war. C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster] …
2grewsome — [gro͞o′səm] adj. archaic sp. of GRUESOME …
3grewsome — variant of gruesome * * * grewsomely, adv. grewsomeness, n. /grooh seuhm/, adj. gruesome. * * * grewsome obs. form of gruesome …
4grewsome — variant of gruesome …
5grewsome — grewsomely, adv. grewsomeness, n. /grooh seuhm/, adj. gruesome. * * * …
6grewsome — adj. grisly, disgusting, horrible (also gruesome) …
7grewsome — a. [Scotch.] Frightful, ugly, terrible, awesome, grisly, grim …
8grewsome — grew•some [[t]ˈgru səm[/t]] adj. gruesome …
9Gruesome — Grewsome Grew some, Gruesome Grue some, a. [From a word akin to Dan. gru horror, terror + some; cf. D. gruwzaam, G. grausam. Cf. {Grisly}.] Ugly; frightful. [1913 Webster] Grewsome sights of war. C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster] …
10gruesome — [16] The novels of Sir Walter Scott had an enormous influence in introducing Scotticisms into the general English language, and gruesome is a case in point. It was apparently coined in the 16th century from an earlier verb grue ‘be terrified’,… …
