gruelling
— Adjective
– English
~ characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"
gruesome
— Adjective
– English
~ shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
gruesomely
— Adverb
– English
~ in a gruesome manner; "he was gruesomely wounded"
gruesomeness
— Noun
– English
~ the quality of being ghastly
gruff
— Adjective
– English
~ deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson
gruff
— Adjective
– English
~ brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"
gruffly
— Adverb
– English
~ in a gruff manner; "`No,' he replied gruffly"
Gruiformes
— Noun
– English
~ inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards
grumble
— Verb
– English
~ to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds; "he grumbled a rude response"; "Stones grumbled down the cliff"
grumble
— Verb
– English
~ show one's unhappiness or critical attitude; "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong"; "We grumbled about the increased work load"
grumble
— Verb
– English
~ make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she grumbles when she feels overworked"
grumble
— Verb
– English
~ make a low noise; "rumbling thunder"
grumble
— Noun
– English
~ a loud low dull continuous noise; "they heard the rumbling of thunder"
grumble
— Noun
– English
~ a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
grumbler
— Noun
– English
~ a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
grumbling
— Adjective
– English
~ continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound; "the rumbling rolling sound of thunder"