# waterful

**Pronunciation:** WATERFUL

**CEFR level:** B1

**Part of speech:** adjective

## Meaning

Waterful means wasteful.

## Examples

- The writer described the response as waterful.
- A waterful tone can change the mood of a conversation.
- The situation became waterful after the announcement.

## Common patterns

- waterful + noun — Use waterful before a noun to describe that quality. — The writer described a waterful reaction.
- become waterful — Use after become, seem, or be for a state or quality. — The discussion became waterful near the end.

## Collocations

- waterful behavior — The teacher calmly handled the waterful behavior.
- waterful tone — The email had an waterful tone.

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