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characterful

[ kar-ik-ter-fuh l ]
/ ˈkær ɪk tər fəl /
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adjective

highly expressive of character: a characterful face.
having remarkable character: a characterful prose style.

Words related to characterful

glamorous, vivid, distinctive, unusual, lively, rich, brave, flaky, gay, graphic, jazzy, picturesque, stimulating

Words nearby characterful

character set, character sketch, character study, character type, character witness, characterful, characteristic, characteristic curve, characteristic equation, characteristic function, characteristic polynomial

Origin of characterful

First recorded in 1900–05; character + -ful
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Examples from the Web for characterful

  • His open, manly and characterful face bore at the chin a thick tuft of brown beard, leaving his cheeks and lips clean shaven.

    The Iron Trevet or Jocelyn the Champion|Eugne Sue

  • He had on common, characterful clothes, the kind that from long wear have taken the natural outlines of the body.

    The "Genius"|Theodore Dreiser