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/ˈɡɹɪpəl/ · adjective
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Griping; tenacious; gripping..
Still as he rode, he gnasht his teeth to see Those heapes of gold with griple Covetyse
It is easy to observe, that none are so gripple and hard fisted, as the childless […]
Ne ever Artegall his griple strong / For any thing wold slacke, but still upon him hong.
'If owt comes to Mulvaaney 'long o' you, I'll gripple you, clouts or no clouts on your ugly head, an' I'll draw t' throat twistyways, man. See there now.'
Use gripple when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gripple means (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Griping; tenacious; gripping..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Still as he rode, he gnasht his teeth to see Those heapes of gold with griple Covetyse
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