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GRUESOMENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gruesomeness mean?
• GRUESOMENESS (noun)
The noun GRUESOMENESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality of being ghastly
Familiarity information: GRUESOMENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being ghastly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
ghastliness; grimness; gruesomeness; luridness
Hypernyms ("gruesomeness" is a kind of...):
frightfulness (the quality of being frightful)
Derivation:
gruesome (shockingly repellent; inspiring horror)
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