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groanful

adj

Etymology

From groan + -ful.

  1. inherited from gron
  2. derived from *grīnaną✻ — “to whine; howl; whimper”
  3. inherited from *grainōną✻ — “to howl; weep”
  4. inherited from *grainōn✻
  5. inherited from grānian — “to groan; lament; murmur”
  6. inherited from gronen
  7. suffixed as groanful — “groan + ful”

Definitions

  1. agonizing

    agonizing; painful

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

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA