fanned
/fænd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.74 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of fan
adj
Having a fan-line appearance.
adj
Brought into a more passionate or extreme state; invigorated.
Example Sentences
- "Its head was rounder and larger, its tail more fanned."
- "The result is sometimes a very fanned, rough cutting surface [ 7 ] ."
- "While high-status punishments have slowly driven out low-status treatment in Europe, harsh punishment became the ideal during the American Revolution that was more fanned by populism and puritan Christianity."
- "But anger on the contrary is much more fanned by what angry persons do."
- "In my early childhood I had been seized by the passion for reading and learning; through my intercourse with Elvira, poetess and daughter of a savant, it was still more fanned into flame, and never, under any circumstances, has it left me."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /fænd/
- British English: /fænd/
Inflected Forms
more fanned (comparative)
most fanned (superlative)