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oathful

oathful adjective: inclined to swear oaths, or curse.

Adjective

oathful (comparative more oathful, superlative most oathful)

  1. Inclined to swear oaths, or curse.
    • […] and the oathful gentleman from Texas [was] none other than a bishop.2011, Kathleen Franz, Susan Smulyan, Major Problems in American Popular Culture, page 230

Forms of oathful

comparativemore oathful
superlativemost oathful

Origin of oathful

From oath + -ful.

Questions about oathful

What does oathful mean?
Oathful means inclined to swear oaths, or curse.
What part of speech is oathful?
Oathful is an adjective.

Words near oathful in the dictionary

  1. oathbreaches
  2. oathbreaker
  3. oathbreakers
  4. oathbreaking
  5. oathed
  6. oathful
  7. oathing
  8. oathless
  9. oathlet
  10. oathlets
  11. oathlike

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