gruesome

gruesome
adjective
  1. causing repulsion or horror; grisly
    令人厌恶的;可怕的,恐怖的
    the most gruesome murder.
    最恐怖的谋杀。
    ■(informal)extremely unpleasant
    (非正式)令人极度不快的
    gruesome catering.
    非常倒胃口的伙食供应。
派生
gruesomely
adverb
gruesomeness
noun
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: from Scots grue 'to feel horror, shudder' (of Scandinavian origin) + -some. Rare before the late 18th cent., the word was popularized by Sir Walter Scott
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