| DOLESOME | • dolesome adj. Doleful; dismal; gloomy. • DOLESOME adj. doleful, dismal. |
| HOLESOME | • holesome adj. Obsolete form of wholesome. • HOLESOME adj. (Spenser) wholesome, also HEALSOME, HOLESOM. |
| TOYLESOME | • toylesome adj. Obsolete form of toilsome. • TOYLESOME adj. (Spenser) toilsome, also TOYLSOM. |
| WHOLESOME | • wholesome adj. Promoting good physical health and well-being. • wholesome adj. Promoting moral and mental well-being. • wholesome adj. Favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue… |
| BUNGLESOME | • bunglesome adj. Characterised or marked by bungling; ungainly; awkward; incompetent. • BUNGLESOME adj. clumsy, awkward. |
| CUDDLESOME | • cuddlesome adj. Characterised or marked by cuddling; cuddly. • CUDDLESOME adj. cuddly. |
| GIGGLESOME | • gigglesome adj. Characterised or marked by giggling. • GIGGLESOME adj. inclined to giggle, giggly. |
| MEDDLESOME | • meddlesome adj. Characterised or marked by meddling; inclined or having a tendency to meddle or interfere in other people’s… • MEDDLESOME adj. given to meddling. |
| METTLESOME | • mettlesome adj. Marked by mettle or bravery; courageous. • METTLESOME adj. full of mettle. |
| NETTLESOME | • nettlesome adj. (Of a person, thing, situation, etc.) Causing irritation, annoyance, or discomfort; bothersome, irksome. • nettlesome adj. (Of a task, problem, etc.) Thorny; difficult to deal with, especially due to being complex or tricky. • NETTLESOME adj. causing vexation. |
| TANGLESOME | • tanglesome adj. Characterised or marked by entanglement, tangled, entangled. • tanglesome adj. (UK, dialect) Quarrelsome. • TANGLESOME adj. causing entanglement. |
| CHUCKLESOME | • chucklesome adj. Causing chuckles; humorous. • CHUCKLESOME adj. full of chuckles. |
| TROUBLESOME | • troublesome adj. Causing trouble or anxiety. • TROUBLESOME adj. causing trouble. |
| UNWHOLESOME | • unwholesome adj. Not wholesome; unfavorable to health; unhealthful. • unwholesome adj. Not sound; tainted; defective. • unwholesome adj. Indicating unsound health; characteristic of or suggesting an unsound condition, physical or mental;… |
| WHEEDLESOME | • wheedlesome adj. Characterised or marked by wheedling; coaxing, cajoling. • WHEEDLESOME adj. coaxing. |
| WRANGLESOME | • wranglesome adj. Characterised or marked by wrangling; inclined to wrangle or squabble; quarrelsome. • WRANGLESOME adj. quarrelsome. |