Antonyms for grilling


Grammar : Verb
Spell : gril
Phonetic Transcription : grɪl


Definition of grilling

Origin :
  • "gridiron," 1680s, from French gril, from Old French greil, alteration of graille "grill, frating, railings, fencing," from Latin craticula "gridiron, small griddle," diminutive of cratis "wickerwork," perhaps from PIE *kert- "to turn, entwine." In many instances, Modern English grill is a shortened form of grille, such as "chrome front of an automobile."
  • verb broil food
  • verb ask questions aggressively
Example sentences :
  • "I can't answer those questions," answered the man he was grilling.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Simmy wriggled uncomfortably, and Drew continued the grilling.
  • Extract from : « Ride Proud, Rebel! » by Andre Alice Norton
  • It is thirsty work sitting there and grilling in the sun, is it not, lads?
  • Extract from : « A Middy of the Slave Squadron » by Harry Collingwood
  • What mattered it now how long the marches were, and how grilling the sun?
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • I do hope you don't mean to stay, grilling out there, many years.
  • Extract from : « On the Irrawaddy » by G. A. Henty
  • It was fearful, and they had made up the fire so hot that it was grilling.
  • Extract from : « The Yellow Fairy Book » by Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
  • But no amount of grilling could induce him to reveal the identity of his partner.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • Mr. Monroe sat through this grilling, unmoved as a donkey might.
  • Extract from : « Edith and John » by Franklin S. Farquhar
  • Good joke, too, my going off suddenly like this, and leaving them grilling in London.
  • Extract from : « The Angel of Pain » by E. F. Benson
  • He knew a few things about grilling a pig's knuckle—that worthy person.
  • Extract from : « Europe Revised » by Irvin S. Cobb

Synonyms for grilling

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