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hinderful

hinderful adjective: tending to hinder.

Adjective

hinderful (comparative more hinderful, superlative most hinderful)

  1. Tending to hinder.
    • A chirrup of welcome, a seizure of the hand to lead him into the room, a little hinderful assistance in the taking off of his coat, a formal installation in his appointed seat — these made the daily routine.1870, Edward Campbell Tainsh, One Maiden Only, volume 2, page 84

Forms of hinderful

comparativemore hinderful
superlativemost hinderful

Origin of hinderful

From hinder + -ful.

Questions about hinderful

What does hinderful mean?
Hinderful means tending to hinder.
What part of speech is hinderful?
Hinderful is an adjective.

Words near hinderful in the dictionary

  1. hindered
  2. hinderer
  3. hinderers
  4. hinderest
  5. hindereth
  6. hinderful
  7. hindering
  8. hindering impediment
  9. hindering impediments
  10. hinderingly
  11. hinderland

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