fain

fain is a 4-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective, adverb, and transitive/intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined.
2. adjective. Satisfied; contented; also, constrained.
3. adverb. With joy; gladly; -- with wold.
4. transitive/intransitive verb. To be glad ; to wish or desire.
5. adjective. having made preparations

   "prepared to take risks"

   Synonyms: disposed, inclined, prepared

6. adverb. in a willing manner

   "this was gladly agreed to"

   "I would fain do it"

   Synonyms: gladly, lief

Synonyms

disposed, inclined, prepared, gladly, lief

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in fain:

naif

Common word forms

fains, fainer, fainly, fainest, fainness

Words from these letters

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