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cold gruel

cold gruel noun: misfortune; an unpleasant experience.

Noun

cold gruel (uncountable)

  1. (UK, dated, slang) Misfortune; an unpleasant experience.
    Synonyms:
    cold coffee

Synonyms of cold gruel

Questions about cold gruel

What does cold gruel mean?
Cold gruel means misfortune; an unpleasant experience.
What part of speech is cold gruel?
Cold gruel is a noun.

Words near cold gruel in the dictionary

  1. cold frame
  2. cold frames
  3. cold front
  4. cold fronts
  5. cold fusion
  6. cold gruel
  7. cold hand
  8. cold hands, warm heart
  9. Cold Harbor
  10. cold hard cash
  11. cold hardy

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