strengthful
strengthful adjective: full of strength; strong; having strength; powerful.
Adjective
strengthful (comparative more strengthful, superlative most strengthful)
- Full of strength; strong; having strength; powerful.
- I couldn't bring myself to say 'No, Ethelinda, I can not be yours because my heart is set on a strengthful damsel with raven locks and eyes of coal, with lips a shade less cherry than thine, and a cheek more like the apple than the peach, [...]'1909, Marshall Pinckney Wilder, The ten books of the merrymakers
- But they were both fervent and sincere and breathed of a hopeful, a strengthful, and a trustful spirit.1913, Philo Adams Otis, The First Presbyterian church, 1833-1913
Antonyms of strengthful
Forms of strengthful
| comparative | more strengthful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most strengthful |
Origin of strengthful
From Middle English strengthful, strenkyþfull, equivalent to strength + -ful.
Words formed from strengthful
Questions about strengthful
- What does strengthful mean?
- Strengthful means full of strength; strong; having strength; powerful.
- What part of speech is strengthful?
- Strengthful is an adjective.
Words near strengthful in the dictionary
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