Definitions
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
Word origin
From grue (“(archaic except Northern England, Scotland) to be frightened; to shudder with fear”) + -some (suffix meaning ‘characterized by some specific condition or quality, usually to a considerable degree’ forming adjectives and nouns), probably popularized by the Scottish novelist and poet Walter Scott (1771–1832): see, for example, the 1816 quotation.
Used in a sentence
“He taks a ſvvirlie, auld moſs-oak, / For ſome black, grouſome Carlin; […]”
“There's a wheen German horse doun at Glasgow yonder; they ca' their commander Wittybody, or some sic name, though he's as grave and grewsome an auld Dutchman as e'er I saw.”
“With many a grausome shape unutterable, / Limn'd were the cavernous sepulchral walls; […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
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