🇬🇧🇪🇸 gruesome - horrible : English Lesson

Meaning of "gruesome" ("horrible"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

If something is gruesome, it looks so horribly scary, bloody, or gross that you really don’t want to see it, because it can make you feel shocked, sick to your stomach, or want to look away.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The monster tried to look friendly, but its gruesome morning breath made all the ghosts faint.

The leftovers in the back of the fridge were so gruesome that even the mold was packing its bags to leave.

When Dad took off his socks after jogging, the gruesome smell peeled the paint off the wall.

The science experiment turned gruesome when our “harmless goo” started growing mystery hairs.

My pumpkin carving was supposed to be cute, but it ended up with such a gruesome face that even the cat hissed at it.

A child found a broken toy and a gruesome smear on the floor. The cat had a gruesome cut; blood made a gruesome pattern across the rug. Neighbors gasped at the gruesome scene. A calm woman wrapped the cat, cleaned the gruesome stain, and the child breathed, relieved when the cat purred.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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