GREWSOME; GRUESOME

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

, Grue"some, a. Etym: [From a word akin to Dan. gru horror, terror + -some; cf. D. gruwzaam, G. grausam. Cf. Grisly.]

2.
n.

Ugly; frightful. Grewsome sights of war. C. Kingsley.


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