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chafesome

chafesome adjective: characterised or marked by chafing.

Adjective

chafesome (comparative more chafesome, superlative most chafesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by chafing
    • People who were nice to her deserved to be rewarded. Debbie Diaz was told "Thank you for coming," and that chafesome little brat Pablo De La Fuente ran a lap around the auditorium with his arms outstretched, making airplane noises, [...]2005, Adam Langer, Crossing California
    • And that didn't even bag me a telly, obliging me to make my own fun by impregnating the room with the stench of sweat and crap, a stench supplied for the moment by Shinto's saddle and the thick blanket that protected him from its more chafesome straps.2014, Tim Moore, Travels with My Donkey

Forms of chafesome

comparativemore chafesome
superlativemost chafesome

Origin of chafesome

From chafe + -some.

Questions about chafesome

What does chafesome mean?
Chafesome means characterised or marked by chafing.
What part of speech is chafesome?
Chafesome is an adjective.

Words near chafesome in the dictionary

  1. chaferies
  2. chafers
  3. chafery
  4. chafes
  5. chafes at the bit
  6. chafesome
  7. chafest
  8. chafeth
  9. chafewax
  10. chafewaxes
  11. chafeweed

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