earful

Other forms of earful

plural

earfuls·

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 earful

What does earful mean?

earful means "an outpouring of gossip". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in earful?

earful has 2 syllables: ear-ful. The stress falls on "ear". In IPA it is /ˈiɹˌfʌl/.

What is another word for earful?

Close synonyms include castigation, bawling out, chewing out, upbraiding, going-over. 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 earful a common word?

earful is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.