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/ˈɡɹuːəl/ · noun
A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill..
[…]her own cook at South End, a young woman hired for the time, who never had been able to understand what she meant by a basin of nice smooth gruel, thin, but not too thin.
[…]Father had one of his awful colds, so Dora persuaded him not to go to London, but to stay cosy and warm in the study, and she made him some gruel. She makes it better than Eliza does; Eliza's gruel is all little lumps, and when you suck them it is dry oatmeal inside.
“It’s not that bad,” said Tiger defensively. “The foundlings rarely have to share blankets these days, and the gruel no longer has a consistency thinner than water.
thin gruel
Use gruel when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gruel means A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill..
Common synonyms include castigation, punition, chastening, chastisement.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…]her own cook at South End, a young woman hired for the time, who never had been able to understand what she meant by a basin of nice smooth gruel, thin, but not too thin.
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