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coughy

/ˈkɒfi//ˈkɔfi/

coughy adjective: characterized by coughing.

Adjective

coughy (comparative coughier, superlative coughiest)

  1. Characterized by coughing.
    • The man looked ill, and she hoped he didn't have that coughy flu that had been wiping out everyone at the office.1996, Frank Freudberg, Gasp!: a novel of revenge, page 213
    • This genial, frail, chain-smoking septuagenarian is an agreeable, good-humoured conversationalist, who frequently punctuates proceedings with hearty, coughy chuckles.2005, Julian Baggini, Jeremy Stangroom, What philosophers think, page 215

Forms of coughy

comparativecoughier
superlativecoughiest

Origin of coughy

From cough + -y.

Words that rhyme with coughy

Questions about coughy

What does coughy mean?
Coughy means characterized by coughing.
What part of speech is coughy?
Coughy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce coughy?
Coughy is pronounced /ˈkɔfi/ (US).

Words near coughy in the dictionary

  1. coughs up
  2. cought
  3. Coughtrey
  4. Coughtreys
  5. coughwort
  6. coughy
  7. Couging it
  8. Cougs
  9. Cougs it
  10. couguar
  11. couguars

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