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weightsome

weightsome adjective: of, pertaining to, possessing, or characterised by weight; weighty; weightful; heavy; grave; grievous.

Adjective

weightsome (comparative more weightsome, superlative most weightsome)

  1. Of, pertaining to, possessing, or characterised by weight; weighty; weightful; heavy; grave; grievous.
    • On next meeting Mrs. Ottarson, she permitted no semblance of complaint or of adverse criticism to evidence the weightsome discouragement that oppressed her.1887, The American Magazine, volume 6, page 406
    • "Fate-dispenser," Medford Browne was wont to ask her on occasion, "how canst thou be so blithe when so weightsome is thy day's allotment of labor?"1912, Arthur Wellington Brayley, Arthur Wilson Tarbell, Joe Mitchell Chapple, National magazine - Volume 35 - Page 297

Synonyms of weightsome

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Forms of weightsome

comparativemore weightsome
superlativemost weightsome

Origin of weightsome

From weight + -some.

Questions about weightsome

What does weightsome mean?
Weightsome means of, pertaining to, possessing, or characterised by weight; weighty; weightful; heavy; grave; grievous.
What part of speech is weightsome?
Weightsome is an adjective.

Words near weightsome in the dictionary

  1. weightometer
  2. weightometers
  3. weights
  4. weights and measures
  5. weights down
  6. weightsome
  7. weightwise
  8. weighty
  9. Weigle
  10. Weigles
  11. Weigold

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