Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com

gruesomely

ADVERB
morbidly
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Ms. Borgman doesn’t—and likely wouldn’t—make use of the recently released, gruesomely detailed autopsy reports on the killings, documentation that was probably unavailable during production anyway.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Hall's character in the show is an FBI agent, tasked with uncovering why some of the most beautiful people around the world are dying gruesomely and randomly.

From BBC Jan. 21, 2026

A scenario that gruesomely echoes The Handmaid's Tale.

From Salon May 3, 2024

By the fall of 1942, German troops had actually broken into Stalingrad, but their progress thereafter was gruesomely slow and difficult.

From Textbooks Dec. 14, 2022

The trees of the Black Forest, though, were gruesomely dead, each and every one of them.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training