Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sad; inducing groans.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Agonizing; sad.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
agonizing ;sad
Etymologies
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groan + -ful
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Examples
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And now the fierce groanful fight again raged about Patroclus, for Minerva came down from heaven and roused its fury by the command of far-seeing Jove, who had changed his mind and sent her to encourage the Danaans.
The Iliad of Homer 1898
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And now the fierce groanful fight again raged about Patroclus, for Minerva came down from heaven and roused its fury by the command of far-seeing Jove, who had changed his mind and sent her to encourage the Danaans.
The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1868
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