beldam

Other forms of beldam

plural

beldams·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about beldam

What does beldam mean?

beldam means "an ugly evil-looking old woman". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in beldam?

beldam has 2 syllables: bel-dam. The stress falls on "bel".

What is another word for beldam?

Close synonyms include hag, beldame, witch, crone, beldame. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is beldam a common word?

beldam is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.