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churny

churny adjective: characteristic of churning; (by extension) queasy.

Adjective

churny (comparative more churny or churnier, superlative most churny or churniest)

  1. Characteristic of churning; (by extension) queasy
    • She giggled. 'You don't make me feel sick. You make me sort of churny in my stomach.'2010, Sarah Morgan, Dare She Date the Dreamy Doc?, page 133
    • I only knew a canyon of vast quaking emptiness with a river of the roughest, churniest despair.2018, Pepper Winters, The Girl & Her Ren

Forms of churny

comparativemore churny
comparativechurnier
superlativemost churny
superlativechurniest

Origin of churny

From churn + -y.

Questions about churny

What does churny mean?
Churny means characteristic of churning; (by extension) queasy.
What part of speech is churny?
Churny is an adjective.

Words near churny in the dictionary

  1. churnover
  2. churns
  3. churns out
  4. churns up
  5. churnsful
  6. churny
  7. churpi
  8. churr
  9. churr-owl
  10. churra
  11. Churrabool

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