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penthos

/ˈpɛnθɒs/

penthos noun: sorrow; grief; mourning or sadness.

Noun

penthos (uncountable)

  1. sorrow; grief; mourning or sadness
    • He watched with a chill of wonder the basalt mask splotched with ivy shadow whose round eyes stared back with Kolonian penthos, Dushara with his face among leaves.1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!

penthos meaning in Bengali

penthos in Bengali

দুঃখ, শোক, বিলাপ, বিষাদ

Origin of penthos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πένθος (pénthos).

Questions about penthos

What does penthos mean?
Penthos means sorrow; grief; mourning or sadness.
What is penthos in Bengali?
Penthos in Bengali is দুঃখ, শোক, বিলাপ. See Penthos meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is penthos?
Penthos is a noun.
How do you pronounce penthos?
Penthos is pronounced /ˈpɛnθɒs/.

Words near penthos in the dictionary

  1. Penthesilea
  2. Penthesilia
  3. penthienate
  4. Penthilus
  5. penthiopyrad
  6. penthos
  7. penthouse
  8. penthoused
  9. penthouselike
  10. penthouses
  11. penthousing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: penthos (page history and authors); penthos (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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