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gruesome

English

Etymology

From grue (“to shudder”) +? -some. Compare Danish and Norwegian grusom (“horrible”), German grausam (“cruel”), and Dutch gruwzaam (“gruesome; cruel”).

Adjective

gruesome (comparative gruesomer or more gruesome, superlative gruesomest or most gruesome)

  1. Repellently frightful and shocking; horrific or ghastly.
    • 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6
      In the middle of the floor lay a skeleton, every vestige of flesh gone from the bones to which still clung the mildewed and moldered remnants of what had once been clothing. Upon the bed lay a similar gruesome thing, but smaller, while in a tiny cradle near-by was a third, a wee mite of a skeleton.

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despicable

English

Etymology

1550s, from Late Latin despicabilis, from Latin d?spicor, a variant of d?spici? (“I despise”), from de (“down”) + speci? (“I look at, behold”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d??sp?k?b?l/, /?d?sp?k?b?l/

Adjective

despicable (comparative more despicable, superlative most despicable)

  1. Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean
    Synonyms: vile, evil, mean, contemptible

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:despicable

Antonyms

  • honorable

Translations

Noun

despicable (plural despicables)

  1. A wretched or wicked person.

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