Grue

/ɡɹuː/

Synonyms for "grue" (5 found)

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Closest matches (1)

Noun(1 words)
color changing predicate

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
color predicatecolor term

Related words (2)

Noun(2 words)
temporal color predicatetime dependent color

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

3 entries
color predicatecolor propertycolor term

More specific

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bleengrue like predicate

Collocations

11 entries
color predicategrue color termgrue conceptgrue like predicategrue paradoxgrue predicategrue terminductive reasoningprojectable predicatetemporal color predicatetime dependent color

Inflections

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Derivations

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Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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["]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."

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Upon all others the sight of Alison, were it but for a moment, cast a cold grue, not to be remembered without terror.

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A Grue of Ice

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A cold grue went through me—I was unable to touch such a hand.

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