gruesomeness
Revolting, disturbing nature
Gruesomeness is the quality of being gruesome—causing horror or revulsion, typically through violence, gore, or disturbing imagery.
The word describes what makes something viscerally disturbing: The gruesomeness of the crime scene shocked even veteran detectives.
It can apply to real events or fictional depictions: Horror fans debate the gruesomeness of various slasher films.
Graphic bloody violence
- bloodshedKilling and wounding
- carnageWidespread violent death
- mutilationDamaging a body severely
- dismembermentRemoval of limbs
slaughter · butchery · massacre · bloodbath · savagery · brutality · mangling · evisceration
Disturbing, death-obsessed
- ghastlyTerrifyingly horrible or pale
- nightmarishFrightening like bad dreams
- horrificExtremely shocking and dreadful
- terrifyingEvoking extreme fear
monstrous · hideous · frightful · chilling · disturbing · shocking · repulsive · dreadful
Intense physical disgust
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- sickeningCausing disgust or nausea
- stomach-turningCausing physical disgust
vile · loathsome · abhorrent · foulness · putrid · festering · rotting · decomposition
Scatter in drops
- body horrorGenre exploiting physical revulsion
- slasherKnife-wielding horror villain
- snuffPowdered tobacco for sniffing
- exploitationSelfish use of others
visceral · graphic · explicit · lurid · sensational · shocking · gratuitous · unflinching
gore
Graphic bloody violence
- bloodshedKilling and wounding
- carnageWidespread violent death
- mutilationDamaging a body severely
dismemberment · slaughter · butchery · massacre · bloodbath · savagery · brutality · mangling · evisceration · decapitation
macabre
Disturbing, death-obsessed
- ghastlyTerrifyingly horrible or pale
- nightmarishFrightening like bad dreams
- horrificExtremely shocking and dreadful
terrifying · monstrous · hideous · frightful · chilling · disturbing · shocking · repulsive · dreadful · appalling
revulsion
Intense physical disgust
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- sickeningCausing disgust or nausea
stomach-turning · vile · loathsome · abhorrent · foulness · putrid · festering · rotting · decomposition · decay
splatter
Scatter in drops
- body horrorGenre exploiting physical revulsion
- slasherKnife-wielding horror villain
- snuffPowdered tobacco for sniffing
exploitation · visceral · graphic · explicit · lurid · sensational · shocking · gratuitous · unflinching · raw
- uglinessugliness, unattractiveness, unsightliness, hideousness, homeliness
- horrorshorror, dread, terror, fright, dreadfulness
- Anomaliesanomaly, deviation, aberration, irregularity, oddity
- macabrecorpse, corpses, skull, skulls, skeleton
gruesomenesspleasantness
Quality of being agreeable
delightfulness · loveliness · beauty · charm · attractiveness
gruesomenesspleasantness
Quality of being agreeable
delightfulness · agreeableness · enjoyableness · sweetness · gentleness