verb
- third-person singular present tense of 'grue': to feel horror or dread; to shudder with fear
Usage: informal; chiefly British
noun
- plural of 'grue': a feeling of horror, dread, or revulsion
Usage: informal; chiefly British
Examples
- She grues at the sight of spiders.
- The thought of the dentist appointment grues him.
- He felt the grues creeping up his spine during the horror film.
- The old house gave her the grues whenever she walked past it.
- Dark alleys give most people the grues.
- She grues whenever she remembers that embarrassing moment.