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thewless

thewless adjective: lacking morals or virtue.

Adjective

thewless (comparative more thewless, superlative most thewless)

  1. (obsolete) Lacking morals or virtue.
  2. Lacking vigour or energy; listless; weak; nerveless.

thewless meaning in Tamil

thewless in Tamil

கோழையான, சுறுசுறுப்பற்ற

Forms of thewless

comparativemore thewless
superlativemost thewless
alternative formthowless

Origin of thewless

From Middle English thewless, theweles, from Old English þēawlēas, equivalent to thew (“strength; virtue; vigour”) + -less. Cognate with Scots thowless.

Words formed from thewless

Questions about thewless

What does thewless mean?
Thewless means lacking morals or virtue.
What is thewless in Tamil?
Thewless in Tamil is கோழையான, சுறுசுறுப்பற்ற. See Thewless meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is thewless?
Thewless is an adjective.

Words near thewless in the dictionary

  1. thevetioside
  2. thevofoline
  3. thew
  4. thewed
  5. thewing
  6. thewless
  7. thewlessness
  8. Thewlis
  9. Thewlises
  10. thewness
  11. thews

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thewless (page history and authors); thewless (Tamil 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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