Grew″some (?), Grue″some, a. [From a word akin to Dan. gru horror, terror + -some; cf. D. gruwzaam, G. grausam. Cf. Grisly.] Ugly; frightful.
Grewsome sights of war. C. Kingsley.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.