very unpleasant and filling you with horror, usually because it is connected with death or injury 令人厌恶的;恐怖的;可怕的 a gruesome murder 骇人听闻的谋杀案 gruesome pictures of dead bodies 恐怖的死人照片 - (humorous)
We spent a week in a gruesome apartment in Miami. 我们在迈阿密一套糟糕透顶的公寓里住了一星期。
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Word Originlate 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.