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hoardful

hoardful adjective: tending to hoard things; miserly.

Adjective

hoardful (comparative more hoardful, superlative most hoardful)

  1. Tending to hoard things; miserly.
    • The white supreme non-Indian has showed his lesson well Of how he saved the Penobscot [River], by polluting it to hell With the hoardful Great Northern, snatching Indian property And the lily white scummed tanneries, pumping colors in the sea.2004, Neil Rolde, Unsettled Past, Unsettled Future: The Story of Maine Indians, page 293
    • He was a competent lawyer, and he was rich, and neither overly greedy nor overly hoardful, which was true of all Heaths.2007, Ellen Cooney, A Private Hotel for Gentle Ladies, page 10

Forms of hoardful

comparativemore hoardful
superlativemost hoardful

Origin of hoardful

From hoard + -ful.

Questions about hoardful

What does hoardful mean?
Hoardful means tending to hoard things; miserly.
What part of speech is hoardful?
Hoardful is an adjective.

Words near hoardful in the dictionary

  1. hoard-ward
  2. hoarded
  3. hoarded out
  4. hoarder
  5. hoarders
  6. hoardful
  7. hoardier
  8. hoardiest
  9. hoarding
  10. hoarding disorder
  11. hoarding disorders

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