gruesome

• Descreve algo extremamente desagradável, chocante ou horripilante, frequentemente envolvendo violência ou mutilação; também pode se referir a algo repugnante ou macabro.

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.

   Horripilante

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

   Sinônimosappallingawfulbloodcurdlingdreadfulfrightfulghastlygrimgrislyhideoushorriblehorrificmacabrerepellentrepulsiverevoltingshockingterrible

   Antônimosappealingattractivedelightfulpleasant

2. Unpleasantly vivid or graphicB2informal

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

   Repugnantemente detalhado

   • 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.

   Sinônimosghastlygrislyhorridhorrificluridmacabre

   Antônimosgentlemildpleasantsanitizedvague