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adjectiveheartburned (comparative more heartburned, superlative most heartburned)
comparative more heartburned · superlative most heartburned
- Having heartburn.
How tartly that gentleman looks! I never can see him but I am heart-burned an hour after.
1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]
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heartburned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heartburned
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“heartburned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heartburned. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heartburned,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heartburned.
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