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moansome

moansome adjective: characterised or marked by moaning.

Adjective

moansome (comparative more moansome, superlative most moansome)

  1. Characterised or marked by moaning
    • What? Go and do some work for heaven's sake. Stop moping. I swear Ross, I have never met anyone in my life more impossibly moansome.2008, Jay McEnery, Rattus Norvegicus
    • Lonesome, moansome. I'm a rat.2011, Derek Keen, The Last Defender

Forms of moansome

comparativemore moansome
superlativemost moansome

Origin of moansome

From moan + -some.

Questions about moansome

What does moansome mean?
Moansome means characterised or marked by moaning.
What part of speech is moansome?
Moansome is an adjective.

Words near moansome in the dictionary

  1. moaning Minnies
  2. moaningly
  3. moanings
  4. moanless
  5. moans
  6. moansome
  7. moany
  8. Moapa Town
  9. Moapa Valley
  10. moar
  11. Moara

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