teenful

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adjective

Full of grief; harmful; afflicted; troublesome; vexatious

OriginMiddle English teneful ← Old English tēonful →
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Meanings

adjectiveteenful (comparative more teenful, superlative most teenful)

comparative more teenful · superlative most teenful · alternative teenfull

  1. archaicdialectalobsoletepoeticFull of grief; harmful; afflicted; troublesome; vexatious

    Ne'er the sun might see Me bare who now with bloodshot eyes And teenful heart and cheeks how wan, Gathering bread in beggar's guise, From door to door must wander on.

    1922, Reynold A. Nicholson, Translations of Eastern Poetry and Prose - Page 91
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    O, whither tends the lamentable spite Of this world's teenful apprehension, Which understands all things amiss, whose light Shines not amidst the dark of their dissension?

    1612, William Shakespeare, A Funeral Elegy

Origin

  1. Old Englishtēonful
  2. Middle Englishteneful
  3. Englishteenful

From Middle English teneful, from Old English tēonful, tēonfull (“grievous; vexatious; troublesome; woeful”), equivalent to teen + -ful.

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APA

teenful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teenful

MLA

“teenful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teenful. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teenful,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teenful.

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