pangful

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adjective

Full of pangs; sorrowful, anguishing.

First used 18th c.Scrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectivepangful (comparative more pangful, superlative most pangful)

comparative more pangful · superlative most pangful

  1. poeticrareFull of pangs; sorrowful, anguishing.First known use 18th c.

    More he would have said; but overwhelmed with grief and infirmity, he bowed his head upon his pangful bosom […].

    1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CDXIX”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC

Origin

From pang + -ful.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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