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acheful

acheful adjective: full of aches; aching.

Adjective

acheful (comparative more acheful, superlative most acheful)

  1. full of aches; aching
    • I mounted a steed in the dawning / With acheful remembrance.1898, Thomas Hardy, “My Cicely”, in Wessex Poems and Other Verses
    • Why recall the memory of those acheful days, when all the pleasant and restful features of the island are uncatalogued?1908, E. J. Banfield, The Confessions of a Beachcomber (T. Fisher Unwin London)

Forms of acheful

comparativemore acheful
superlativemost acheful

Origin of acheful

From ache + -ful.

Words formed from acheful

Questions about acheful

What does acheful mean?
Acheful means full of aches; aching.
What part of speech is acheful?
Acheful is an adjective.

Words near acheful in the dictionary

  1. ached
  2. ached for
  3. achee
  4. Acheen
  5. achees
  6. acheful
  7. achefully
  8. Acheh
  9. Achehnese
  10. acheilary
  11. acheilia

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