Gruesome definition
Gruesome means “inspiring horror or repulsion; fearful, grisly, hideous.” Webster’s Third New International Dictionary 1005 (1986). Defendants cite no case, nor have we found one, holding the term to be overbroad. To the contrary, it reasonably describes the kind of image likely to cause young children psychological harm. Nor do defendants suggest any comparable term that would allow them to display images less likely to frighten children.
Examples of Gruesome in a sentence
Gruesome violence was deployed against communities that had lived in the region for centuries, among them the Ovaherero, Nama, Damara and San, rather than recognizing them as equal, sovereign political entities.