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gruey

gruey adjective: gruesome.

Adjective

gruey (comparative more gruey, superlative most gruey)

  1. (informal) Gruesome.
    • Makes you feel a bit gruey, fellows popping off all over the place.1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 7, in Three Act Tragedy
    • Do you think they should show those terribly “gruey” (gruesome and gory) pictures in driver-education classes?1966 February 24, Helen Bottel, “‘Going Steady’ Is Out, ‘Going Around’ Is In”, Helen Help Us!, in Suffolk News-Herald, volume 44, number 47

Forms of gruey

comparativemore gruey
superlativemost gruey

Origin of gruey

Clipping of gruesome + -y.

Questions about gruey

What does gruey mean?
Gruey means gruesome.
What part of speech is gruey?
Gruey is an adjective.

Words near gruey in the dictionary

  1. gruesomenesses
  2. gruesomer
  3. gruesomest
  4. Gruetzmacher
  5. Gruetzmachers
  6. gruey
  7. gruff
  8. gruffed
  9. gruffer
  10. gruffest
  11. gruffier

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