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Showing words for WORMWOOD using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Wormwood

woodworm, wormwood

7 Letter Words for Wormwood

woodrow

5 Letter Words for Wormwood

odoom

4 Letter Words for Wormwood

doom, door, dorm, drow, modo, mood, moor, mord, moro, morw, odor, oord, ordo, rood, room, wood, woom, word, worm

3 Letter Words for Wormwood

dom, doo, dor, dow, mod, moo, mor, mow, mrd, oom, oor, ord, owd, rod, rom, roo, row, rwd, wmo, wod, woo, wow, wro

Definitions for Wormwood

[1] any composite herb or low shrub of the genus Artemisia.
[2] a bitter, aromatic plant, A. absinthium, of the Old World, used as a vermifuge and a tonic, and as an ingredient in absinthe.
[3] something bitter, grievous, or extremely unpleasant.
[4] Also called: absinthe any of various plants of the chiefly N temperate genus Artemisia, esp A. absinthium, a European plant yielding a bitter extract used in making absinthe: family Asteraceae (composites)
[5] something that embitters, such as a painful experience

Words related to Wormwood

bummer, downer, downside

Words nearby Wormwood

wormian, wormian bone, worms, wormseed, wormseed oil, wormwood, wormy, worn, worn out, worn to a frazzle, worn-out

Origin of Wormwood

1350–1400; late Middle English wormwode (see worm, wood1); replacing Middle English wermode, Old English wermōd; cognate with German Wermut; see vermouth

Word origin for Wormwood

C15: changed (through influence of worm and wood 1 ) from Old English wormōd, wermōd; related to Old High German werrnuata, German Wermut; see vermouth

Synonyms for Wormwood

bad part, bitter cup, bummer, downer, downside