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smothersome

smothersome adjective: characterised or marked by smothering.

Adjective

smothersome (comparative more smothersome, superlative most smothersome)

  1. Characterised or marked by smothering.
    • She hated the smothersome dresses her mother chose; she had no clue what to say to the beaux who sidled up to her.2016, Sonya Hartnett, The Ghost's Child, page 45
    • He was a nice young man, a friendly sort and a gent, not smothersome as some are, but I told him I wasn't a settled person and usually after a couple of dates I scooted with the wind in my sails.2018, Angela Skelley, It's Wake-Up Time, page 380

Forms of smothersome

comparativemore smothersome
superlativemost smothersome

Origin of smothersome

From smother + -some.

Questions about smothersome

What does smothersome mean?
Smothersome means characterised or marked by smothering.
What part of speech is smothersome?
Smothersome is an adjective.

Words near smothersome in the dictionary

  1. smotheringly
  2. smotherings
  3. Smotherman
  4. Smothermans
  5. smothers
  6. smothersome
  7. smotherweed
  8. smothery
  9. Smotrich
  10. smouch
  11. smouched

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