ˈgrü
-ed/-ing/-s
now chiefly dialectal
: to shiver or shudder especially with fear or cold
exposed to the gruesome so extensively … we simply don't grue any more—
John Crosby
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plural -s
1
: a fit of shivering : shiver
the sound of wind in the rigging … gave him the chills and the grues—
R. B. Robertson
impossible to read without a certain cold grue—
S. V. Benét
2
: gruesome quality or effect
a mystery novel … resolved with true grue—
Anthony Boucher
serves the chilliest grue with perfect elegance—
J. S. Sandoe
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