Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hurdlesome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hur-dle-some
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Fraught by hurdles, obstacles, or impediments; hindersome.

Example Sentences

"Freud believed that masculinity is basic for both sexes and that feminine sexuality is derived from masculine sexuality through complicated and hurdlesome routes (Freud: Collected Papers 1892-1939)."

Etymology

From hurdle + -some.

Inflected Forms

more hurdlesome (comparative) most hurdlesome (superlative)

Synonyms

challenging

Questions

What does hurdlesome mean?: Fraught by hurdles, obstacles, or impediments; hindersome.
Where does hurdlesome come from?: From hurdle + -some.

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