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guttersome

guttersome adjective: characteristic or indicative of a gutter.

Adjective

guttersome (comparative more guttersome, superlative most guttersome)

  1. Characteristic or indicative of a gutter
    • ...orientation of dichotomous hauling strange ambiverance...telltale of strangling ululating guttersome fiction out of still lack of hauling intelligence to cap on smooth march of freedom parade...skillful narration,...navigators persistence invincible ...2001, Yang-Un Moon Eiman, Yang-Un Moon, Guillotine and Elopement
    • Two rivers ran, and met, and became one big old thing, the Gross Tar, guttersome and groaning as it passed out of city limits through the stubs of a bridge, through shantytowns in New Crobuzon's orbit, looking for the sea.2004, China Miéville, Iron Council

Forms of guttersome

comparativemore guttersome
superlativemost guttersome

Origin of guttersome

From gutter + -some.

Questions about guttersome

What does guttersome mean?
Guttersome means characteristic or indicative of a gutter.
What part of speech is guttersome?
Guttersome is an adjective.

Words near guttersome in the dictionary

  1. gutters
  2. gutters out
  3. guttersnipe
  4. guttersnipes
  5. guttersnipish
  6. guttersome
  7. gutterspout
  8. gutterspouts
  9. gutterwise
  10. gutterwork
  11. guttery

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