gruesome

• Décrit quelque chose d'extrêmement désagréable, choquant ou horrifiant, souvent lié à la violence ou à des mutilations.

Describes something that is extremely unpleasant, shocking, or horrifying, often involving violence or injury.

1. Causing horror or disgustB2formal

   Extremely unpleasant, shocking, and involving violence or injury.

   horrible, macabre

   • The crime scene was too gruesome to describe.
   • The movie contained several gruesome scenes of battle.
   • The detective examined the gruesome evidence carefully.

   Synonymesappallingawfulbloodcurdlingdreadfulfrightfulghastlygrimgrislyhideoushorriblehorrificmacabrerepellentrepulsiverevoltingshockingterrible

   Antonymesappealingattractivedelightfulpleasant

2. Unpleasantly vivid or graphicB2informal

   Describing something in a way that is shockingly detailed and unpleasant.

   d'une vivacité ou d'un réalisme déplaisant

   • He gave a gruesome account of the accident.
   • The news report included gruesome details of the disaster.
   • She couldn't bear to hear the gruesome story again.

   Synonymesghastlygrislyhorridhorrificluridmacabre

   Antonymesgentlemildpleasantsanitizedvague