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gruelled

gruelled is the simple past and past participle of gruel.

Meaning of gruel

Verb

gruel (third-person singular simple present gruels, present participle (US) grueling or (UK) gruelling, simple past and past participle (US) grueled or (UK) gruelled)

  1. (transitive) To exhaust, use up, disable.
  2. (transitive) To punish.
  3. (UK, slang) Ejaculate.

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Questions about gruelled

What is gruelled the simple past and past participle of?
Gruelled is the simple past and past participle of gruel.

Words near gruelled in the dictionary

  1. grueler
  2. gruelers
  3. grueling
  4. gruelingly
  5. gruelings
  6. gruelled
  7. grueller
  8. gruellers
  9. gruelling
  10. gruellingly
  11. gruellings

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