Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

groanful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: groan-ful
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

agonizing; painful

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Adowne he kest it with so puissant wrest, / That backe againe it did aloft rebownd, / And gaue against his mother earth a gronefull sownd."

Etymology

From groan + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: groan

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more groanful (comparative) most groanful (superlative)

Questions

What does groanful mean?: agonizing; painful
Where does groanful come from?: From groan + -ful.

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