Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bowed-down

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables: bowed--down
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Weighed down with troubles; dejected.

Example Sentences

"But, alas! those who are heirs of the future, destined to fill the earth with the immortal and the beautiful, what is their share in the present? the sad and the weary path—the bowed-down and broken heart!"

Inflected Forms

more bowed-down (comparative) most bowed-down (superlative)

Questions

What does bowed-down mean?: Weighed down with troubles; dejected.

How to pronounce bowed-down

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