Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

teenful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: teen-ful
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Full of grief; harmful; afflicted; troublesome; vexatious

Archaic; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"O, whither tends the lamentable spite Of this world's teenful apprehension, Which understands all things amiss, whose light Shines not amidst the dark of their dissension?"
"Ne'er the sun might see Me bare who now with bloodshot eyes And teenful heart and cheeks how wan, Gathering bread in beggar's guise, From door to door must wander on."

Etymology

From Middle English teneful, from Old English tēonful, tēonfull (“grievous; vexatious; troublesome; woeful”), equivalent to teen + -ful.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: teneful, tēonful
Suffix: teen

Usage

Inflected Forms

more teenful (comparative) most teenful (superlative) teenfull (alternative)

Questions

What does teenful mean?: Full of grief; harmful; afflicted; troublesome; vexatious
Where does teenful come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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