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griefful

griefful adjective: expressing or full of grief; painful.

Adjective

griefful (comparative more griefful, superlative most griefful)

  1. (archaic) Expressing or full of grief; painful.
    • each the other gan with passion great, / And griefull pittie priuately bemone.1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.i

Forms of griefful

comparativemore griefful
superlativemost griefful

Origin of griefful

From grief + -ful.

Words formed from griefful

Questions about griefful

What does griefful mean?
Griefful means expressing or full of grief; painful.
What part of speech is griefful?
Griefful is an adjective.

Words near griefful in the dictionary

  1. griefe
  2. griefed
  3. griefer
  4. griefers
  5. griefes
  6. griefful
  7. grieffully
  8. griefing
  9. griefless
  10. grieflessly
  11. grieflessness

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