-ful
full of, characterized by
Old English · -full
Added to nouns to make adjectives meaning full of: care + ful = careful, help + ful = helpful. The ending is spelled with one l, though the word "full" has two.
Memory trick
-ful is a full glass: it holds the quality named before it.
Words from this root
- careful (care + ful) — taking careसावधान
- helpful (help + ful) — giving helpमददगार
- beautiful (beauty + ful) — very pleasing to seeसुंदर
- useful (use + ful) — serving a good purposeउपयोगी
- powerful (power + ful) — having strengthशक्तिशाली
- wonderful (wonder + ful) — very good, amazingशानदार
- painful (pain + ful) — causing hurtदर्दनाक
- colourful (colour + ful) — bright and variedरंग-बिरंगा
- peaceful (peace + ful) — calm and quietशांतिपूर्ण
- grateful (grate + ful) — feeling thankfulआभारी
- successful (success + ful) — having reached a goalसफल
- cheerful (cheer + ful) — happy and brightखुशमिज़ाज