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distressfull

distressfull is the archaic form of distressful.

Meaning of distressful

Adjective

distressful (comparative more distressful, superlative most distressful)

  1. Causing or feeling distress, anxiety, or strain; distressing.
    • There, vvhile above the giddy tempeſt flies, / And all around diſtreſsful yells ariſe, / The penſive exile, bending vvith his vvoe, / To ſtop too fearful, and too faint to go.1764 December 19 (indicated as 1765), Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller, or A Prospect of Society. A Poem. […], London: […] J[ohn] Newbery, […], →OCLC, page 21

Forms of distressfull

comparativemore distressfull
superlativemost distressfull

Questions about distressfull

What is distressfull the archaic form of?
Distressfull is the archaic form of distressful.

Words near distressfull in the dictionary

  1. distressers
  2. distresses
  3. distressest
  4. distresseth
  5. distressful
  6. distressfull
  7. distressfully
  8. distressfulness
  9. distressing
  10. distressingly
  11. distressingness

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