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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)
- 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.
- 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6
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eerie
English
Alternative forms
- eery
Etymology
From Middle English eri (“fearful”), from Old English earg (“cowardly, fearful”), from Proto-Germanic *argaz. Akin to Scots ergh, argh from the same Old English source. Doublet of argh.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???i/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????i/
- Rhymes: -??ri
- Homophone: Erie
Adjective
eerie (comparative eerier, superlative eeriest)
- Strange, weird, fear-inspiring.
- Synonyms: creepy, spooky
- (Scotland) Frightened, timid.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:strange
Derived terms
- eerily (adverb)
- eeriness (noun)
- eerisome
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