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pangful

pangful adjective: full of pangs; sorrowful, anguishing.

Adjective

pangful (comparative more pangful, superlative most pangful)

  1. (poetic, rare) Full of pangs; sorrowful, anguishing.
    • More he would have said; but overwhelmed with grief and infirmity, he bowed his head upon his pangful bosom […].1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CDXIX”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn...

Forms of pangful

comparativemore pangful
superlativemost pangful

Origin of pangful

From pang + -ful.

Questions about pangful

What does pangful mean?
Pangful means full of pangs; sorrowful, anguishing.
What part of speech is pangful?
Pangful is an adjective.

Words near pangful in the dictionary

  1. pangeometrical
  2. pangeometry
  3. pangermism
  4. pangermist
  5. pangermists
  6. pangful
  7. Panggulayan
  8. Panghayaan
  9. Panghulo
  10. pangi
  11. Pangil

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