Meaning
Full of grief; harmful; afflicted; troublesome; vexatious
Etymology
Origin: Old English
From Middle English teneful, from Old English tēonful, tēonfull (“grievous; vexatious; troublesome; woeful”), equivalent to teen + -ful.
NYT Puzzle Appearances
No published puzzle dates on file for this word yet. It is part of the official NYT Spelling Bee word list for 2019, 2022.