Groanful

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    agonizing; painful obsolete

    "Adowne he kest it with so puissant wrest, / That backe againe it did aloft rebownd, / And gaue against his mother earth a gronefull sownd."

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agonizingailsomepainablepainfultormentuous

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"Adowne he kest it with so puissant wrest, / That backe againe it did aloft rebownd, / And gaue against his mother earth a gronefull sownd."

Etymology

From groan + -ful.

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