When he claims to desire eternal life, in reality man merely wishes to avoid a premature, violent or gruesome death.
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Gruesome
/ˈɡɹuːsəm/
Synonyms for "gruesome" (93 found)
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10 entriescontent evaluationcritiquedistasteful contentethical analysisevaluationforensic descriptionhorrorjournalistic analysismedia critiquemedical description
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12 entriesautopsy findingsbloodcurdlingcruel depictiondistasteful framinggraphic framinggraphic goregraphic violencegratuitous depictionlurid framingmorgue reportsensational portrayalwound description
Collocations
6 entriesgruesome crimegruesome depictiongruesome detailgruesome imagesgruesome scenegruesome violence
Inflections
2 entriesmore gruesomemost gruesome
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
25 total sentences available.
Any murder is gruesome but this one was especially heinous.
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He set out to make a movie as gruesome as humanly possible.
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We had many gruesome chores like homework.
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