Increasingly grim, disturbing
Gruesomer is the comparative form of gruesome, meaning more gruesome—more horrifying, revolting, or causing greater disgust through violence or death: Each murder scene was gruesomer than the last.
Though gruesomer is grammatically correct, many speakers prefer "more gruesome" as less awkward.
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Increasingly grim, disturbing
Gruesomer is the comparative form of gruesome, meaning more gruesome—more horrifying, revolting, or causing greater disgust through violence or death: Each murder scene was gruesomer than the last.
Though gruesomer is grammatically correct, many speakers prefer "more gruesome" as less awkward.
1. violence — bloodier, More covered in gore; gorier (More graphically violent)
horror/pleasantnessgruesomer ≠ pleasanter More agreeable than another; lovelier · sweeter · prettier · cheerier · cozier
intensity of disturbing qualitygruesomer ≠ milder Less intense or harsh; tamer · gentler · subtler · sanitized · bloodless
gruesome, gruesomely, gruesomeness, gruesomest
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/gruesomer