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molehill

/ˈməʊlhɪl/

molehill noun: a small mound of earth created by a mole's burrowing underneath the surface of the ground.

molehill: a small mound of earth created by a mole's burrowing underneath the surface of the ground
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Noun

molehill (plural molehills)

  1. A small mound of earth created by a mole's burrowing underneath the surface of the ground.

Verb

molehill (third-person singular simple present molehills, present participle molehilling, simple past and past participle molehilled)

  1. To exaggerate a problem and perceive it as larger or worse than it actually is.
    • As Brazil faced the mountainous task of completing an Olympic venue before the opening ceremony, Chinese netizens got busy molehilling a remark by a Rio construction manager about their China supplier.2016 August 4, “Off-hand remark in Rio chafes Chinese Net”, in Global Times, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2020

molehill meaning in Telugu

molehill in Telugu

molehill
వల్మీకము valmīkamu

Forms of molehill

Noun
pluralmolehills
Verb
third-person singular presentmolehills
present participlemolehilling
past participlemolehilled
pastmolehilled

Origin of molehill

From mole + hill. The verb sense comes from the idiom make a mountain out of a molehill.

Words formed from molehill

Phrases with molehill

Questions about molehill

What does molehill mean?
Molehill means a small mound of earth created by a mole's burrowing underneath the surface of the ground.
What is molehill in Telugu?
Molehill in Telugu is వల్మీకము (valmīkamu). See Molehill meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is molehill?
Molehill can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce molehill?
Molehill is pronounced /ˈməʊlhɪl/.
What is the plural of molehill?
The plural of molehill is molehills.

Words near molehill in the dictionary

  1. moled
  2. molehead
  3. moleheads
  4. moleheap
  5. moleheaps
  6. molehill
  7. Molehill Green
  8. molehill mountaineer
  9. molehill mountaineers
  10. molehilled
  11. molehilling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: molehill (page history and authors); వల్మీకము (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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