English-Thai Dictionary

gruel

N ข้าวต้ม  โจ๊ก  kao-tom

 

gruelling

ADJ ทำให้ เหนื่อย  รู้สึก อ่อนเพลีย  tam-hai-nueai

 

gruelling

ADJ เหนื่อย มาก  ทรหด  exhausting tiring fatiguing nueai-mak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GRUEL

n.A kind of light food made by boiling meal in water. It is usually made of the meal of oats or maiz.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GRUEL

Gru "el, n. Etym: [OF. gruel, F. gruau; of German origin; cf. OHG. gruzzi groats, G. grütze, As. grut. See Grout. ]

 

Defn: A light, liquid food, made by boiling meal of maize, oatmeal, or fiour in water or milk; thin porridge.

 

GRUELLY

GRUELLY Gru "el *ly, a.

 

Defn: Like gruel; of the consistence of gruel.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gruel

gru el |ˈgro͞oəl ˈɡru (ə )l | ▶noun a thin liquid food of oatmeal or other meal boiled in milk or water. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, of Germanic origin.

 

grueling

gruel ing |ˈgro͞oəliNG ˈɡruəlɪŋ |(Brit. gruelling ) ▶adjective extremely tiring and demanding: a grueling schedule. DERIVATIVES gruel ing ly adverb ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from the verb gruel ‘exhaust, punish, ’ from an old phrase get one's gruel ‘receive one's punishment. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

gruel

gruel |ˈgrʊəl | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a thin liquid food of oatmeal or other meal boiled in milk or water. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, of Germanic origin.

 

gruelling

gruelling |ˈgrʊəlɪŋ |(US grueling ) ▶adjective extremely tiring and demanding: a gruelling schedule. DERIVATIVES gruellingly adverb ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from the verb gruel ‘exhaust, punish ’, from an old phrase get one's gruel ‘receive one's punishment ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

grueling

grueling adjective a grueling hike through the snow: exhausting, tiring, fatiguing, wearying, taxing, draining, debilitating; demanding, exacting, difficult, hard, arduous, strenuous, laborious, back-breaking, harsh, severe, stiff, stressful, punishing, crippling; informal killing, murderous, hellish.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

gruelling

gruelling adjective he undertook a gruelling three-mile run: exhausting, tiring, fatiguing, wearying, enervating, taxing, draining, sapping, debilitating; demanding, exacting, trying, difficult, hard, arduous, laborious, back-breaking, strenuous, harsh, severe, stiff, punishing, crushing, crippling, grinding, brutal, relentless, unsparing; informal killing, murderous, hellish; Brit. informal knackering; rare exigent.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gruel

gru el /ɡrú (ː )əl /名詞 U 〘料 〙(病人用の )薄がゆ 〘オートミールを牛乳や水で煮て作る 〙.

 

grueling

gru el ing ｟英 ｠-ling /ɡrú (ː )əlɪŋ /形容詞 へとへとに疲れさせる (exhausting ); 激しい, 厳しい, 辛い ▸ have a grueling time さんざんな目に遭う ～ly 副詞