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• Gruelling

  [groo-uh-ling, groo-ling] /ˈgru ə lɪŋ, ˈgru lɪŋ/ adjective 1. exhausting; very tiring; arduously severe: the grueling Boston marathon. noun 2. any trying or exhausting procedure or experience. /ˈɡruːəlɪŋ/ adjective 1. severe or tiring: a gruelling interview noun 2. (informal) a severe experience, esp punishment adj. also grueling, “exhausting, punishing,” 1891, from late 18c. slang get […]

• Gruenberg

  [groo-uh n-burg] /ˈgru ənˌbɜrg/ noun 1. Louis, 1884–1964, U.S. pianist and composer, born in Russia.

• Gruesome

  [groo-suh m] /ˈgru səm/ adjective 1. causing great horror; horribly repugnant; grisly: the site of a gruesome murder. 2. full of or causing problems; distressing: a gruesome day at the office. /ˈɡruːsəm/ adjective 1. inspiring repugnance and horror; ghastly adj. 1560s, with -some (1) + Middle English gruen “feel horror, shudder” (c.1300); not recorded in […]

• Gruff

  [gruhf] /grʌf/ adjective, gruffer, gruffest. 1. low and harsh; hoarse: a gruff voice. 2. rough, brusque, or surly: a gruff manner. /ɡrʌf/ adjective 1. rough or surly in manner, speech, etc: a gruff reply 2. (of a voice, bark, etc) low and throaty adj. 1530s, “coarse, coarse-grained,” from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German grof […]

• Gruffly

  [gruhf] /grʌf/ adjective, gruffer, gruffest. 1. low and harsh; hoarse: a gruff voice. 2. rough, brusque, or surly: a gruff manner. /ɡrʌf/ adjective 1. rough or surly in manner, speech, etc: a gruff reply 2. (of a voice, bark, etc) low and throaty adv. 1700, from gruff + -ly (2). adj. 1530s, “coarse, coarse-grained,” from […]

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