Synonyms: gruesome, grim, grisly, ghastly, sick, macabre
Definition: shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
Usage: ghastly wounds; the grim aftermath of the bombing; the grim task of burying the victims; a grisly murder; gruesome evidence of human sacrifice; macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages; macabre tortures conceived by madmen
Similar words: alarming
Definition: frightening because of an awareness of danger
Synonyms: charnel, sepulchral, ghastly
Definition: gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
Usage: a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones; ghastly shrieks; the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs
Similar words: offensive
Definition: unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses
Usage: offensive odors