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groanworthy

adj

Etymology

From groan + -worthy.

  1. inherited from gron
  2. derived from *grīnaną✻ — “to whine; howl; whimper”
  3. inherited from *grainōną✻ — “to howl; weep”
  4. inherited from *grainōn✻
  5. inherited from grānian — “to groan; lament; murmur”
  6. inherited from gronen
  7. suffixed as groanworthy — “groan + worthy”

Definitions

  1. Likely to induce groans (as of a poor joke).

    • These groanworthy hits are hardly unprecedented.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA