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Tremendous vs Gruesome - What's the difference?

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Tremendous is a related term of gruesome.


As adjectives the difference between tremendous and gruesome

is that tremendous is awe-inspiring; terrific while gruesome is repellently frightful and shocking; horrific or ghastly.

tremendous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • awe-inspiring; terrific.
  • Notable for its size, power, or excellence.
    • Van Beethoven's ninth symphony is a tremendous piece of music.
  • Extremely large (in amount, extent, degree, etc.) or great
    • There was a tremendous outpouring of support.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * tremendously

    gruesome

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • repellently frightful and shocking; horrific or ghastly
  • * 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 6
    • In the middle of the floor lay a skeleton, every vestige of flesh gone from the bones to which still clung the mildewed and moldered remnants of what had once been clothing. Upon the bed lay a similar gruesome thing, but smaller, while in a tiny cradle near-by was a third, a wee mite of a skeleton.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=May 04 , title=Bin Laden was unarmed when shot dead citation , passage=Jay Carney said that the US was considering whether to release photos of bin Laden after he was killed on Sunday but that the photos were gruesome and could be inflammatory.}}