different between titanic vs gruesome

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: t?t?n??k IPA^(key): /ta??tæn.?k/
• Rhymes: -æn?k

Etymology 1

Titan +? -ic

Adjective

titanic (comparative more titanic, superlative most titanic)

1. Having great size, or great strength, force or power.

Usage notes

• The adjective is no longer in wide use, due to its strong negative association with the wreck of the ocean liner Titanic.

See also

• titanic prime

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Translations

Etymology 2

titan(ium) +? -ic

Adjective

titanic (not comparable)

1. (inorganic chemistry) Of or relating to titanium, especially tetravalent titanium

Derived terms

Related terms

• titanous

Anagrams

• Tanitic

Romanian

Etymology

From French titanique.

Adjective

titanic m or n (feminine singular titanic?, masculine plural titanici, feminine and neuter plural titanice)

1. titanic

Declension

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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