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flaysome

flaysome adjective: terrifying; frightful.

Adjective

flaysome (comparative more flaysome, superlative most flaysome)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal) Terrifying; frightful.

Synonyms of flaysome

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Forms of flaysome

comparativemore flaysome
superlativemost flaysome
alternative formfleysome
alternative formfleesome

Origin of flaysome

From flay + -some.

Questions about flaysome

What does flaysome mean?
Flaysome means terrifying; frightful.
What part of speech is flaysome?
Flaysome is an adjective.

Words near flaysome in the dictionary

  1. flaying
  2. flaying someone alive
  3. flayings
  4. flays
  5. flays someone alive
  6. flaysome
  7. flazalone
  8. flaçon
  9. flaçons
  10. FLC
  11. FLCs

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