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grimful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
grim-ful
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised by grimness; harsh, wrathful, terrible.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English grimful, grymfull, from Old English grimfull (“fierce, terrible”), equivalent to grim (noun) + -ful.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: grimful, grimfull

Inflected Forms

more grimful (comparative) most grimful (superlative)

Questions

What does grimful mean?
Characterised by grimness; harsh, wrathful, terrible.
Where does grimful come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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