doublesome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by being double; dual

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjectivedoublesome (comparative more doublesome, superlative most doublesome)

comparative more doublesome · superlative most doublesome

  1. Characterised or marked by being double; dual

    He's always in trouble, This doublesome bubble, For eating his pie with a spoon.

    1969, Gifford W. Wingate, Lion Who Wouldn't
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    To cranking the engine, as though it had wrought / This doublesome, / Troublesome, / Automobubblesome [...]

    1913, John Bonner, George William Curtis, Henry Mills Alden, Harper's Weekly - Volume 58

    Difference and ambiguity permeate the film and the motif of the ‘doublesome’ pods is replicated on a number of levels : production, consumption, generic structures and screenplay.

    2006, Stephen Butler, A million little differences

Origin

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APA

doublesome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doublesome

MLA

“doublesome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doublesome. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doublesome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doublesome.

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