Meaning

4 senses
  1. Full of risk or danger; risky; dangerous; perilous.

  2. Full of plight; plighted; pledged; devoted.

  3. Indicating plight; dire; grim; grievous.

  4. Pitiful.

Origin

From Middle English plightful, plihtful, equivalent to plight + -ful. From plight + -ful.

From Middle English plightful, plihtful, equivalent to plight + -ful.

From plight + -ful.

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Forms

more plightful, most plightful
Comparativemore plightful Lesson
Superlativemost plightful Lesson

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
plightful — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto