grausam

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. cruel; heartless; atrocious; callous
2. horrible; gruesome; savage

Adv

cruelly, brutally, ferociously

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɡʁaʊ̯ˌzaːm/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle High German grūsam, grūwesam. By surface analysis, grauen + -sam. Compare English gruesome, Danish grusom (“horrible”) and Dutch gruwzaam (“gruesome; cruel”). Related to ergrausen (“to frighten”).