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grue

Verb CEFR B1
ɡɹuː

Definitions

To be frightened; also, to shudder with fear; to quake, to tremble.

Scotland, intransitive

Equivalents

Françaisgrue
Italianogrue

Examples

“["]I would have⟳ done Mr. Mordaunt's bidding too," he added, relaxing from his note⟳ of defiance, into the deferential whining tone with which he cajoled his customers, "if he hadna made use⟳ of profane oaths which made my very flesh grue, and caused me, in some sort⟳, to forget⟳ myself."”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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