Power Suffixes: -some

Learn this list of words with the suffix -some used for adjectives and meaning "characterized by."
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  1. awesome
    inspiring admiration or wonder
  2. blithesome
    carefree and happy and lighthearted
  3. burdensome
    not easily borne or endured; causing hardship
  4. cumbersome
    difficult to handle or use, especially because of size or weight
  5. frolicsome
    given to merry play
  6. fulsome
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  7. gruesome
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  8. handsome
    pleasing in appearance
  9. irksome
    tedious or irritating
  10. lightsome
    moving easily and quickly; nimble
  11. lissome
    moving and bending with ease
  12. lithesome
    moving and bending with ease
  13. lonesome
    marked by sadness from being by oneself
  14. loathsome
    highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
  15. meddlesome
    intrusive in an offensive manner
  16. mettlesome
    having a proud, courageous, and unbroken spirit
  17. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
  18. quarrelsome
    given to arguing
  19. tiresome
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
  20. toilsome
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  21. toothsome
    extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
  22. troublesome
    difficult to deal with
  23. venturesome
    disposed to take risks
  24. wearisome
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental fatigue
  25. wholesome
    characteristic of physical or moral well-being
  26. winsome
    charming in a childlike or naive way
  27. worrisome
    causing distress or anxiety
Created on Tue Mar 10 17:40:14 EDT 2026 (updated Tue Mar 10 18:29:07 EDT 2026)

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