Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chafesome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chafe-some
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised or marked by chafing

Example Sentences

"People who were nice to her deserved to be rewarded. Debbie Diaz was told "Thank you for coming," and that chafesome little brat Pablo De La Fuente ran a lap around the auditorium with his arms outstretched, making airplane noises, [...]"
"And that didn't even bag me a telly, obliging me to make my own fun by impregnating the room with the stench of sweat and crap, a stench supplied for the moment by Shinto's saddle and the thick blanket that protected him from its more chafesome straps."

Etymology

From chafe + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: chafe

Inflected Forms

more chafesome (comparative) most chafesome (superlative)

Questions

What does chafesome mean?: Characterised or marked by chafing
Where does chafesome come from?: From chafe + -some.

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