gruesome
/ˈgruːsəm/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。
1.1
- 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。
派生词
gruesomely
adverbgruesomeness
noun词源
late 16th cent.: from Scots grue 'to feel horror， shudder' (of Scandinavian origin) + -SOME1. Rare before the late 18th cent., the word was popularized by Sir Walter Scott.