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I was a normal, rather dutiful child. I didn't even rebel as a teenager.
Emily Watson

Meaning of "dutiful" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DUTIFUL

dutiful  [ˈdjuːtɪfʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DUTIFUL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dutiful is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DUTIFUL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dutiful in the English dictionary

The definition of dutiful in the dictionary is exhibiting or having a sense of duty. Other definition of dutiful is characterized by or resulting from a sense of duty.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DUTIFUL


beautiful
ˈbjuːtɪfʊl
bountiful
ˈbaʊntɪfʊl
dismayful
dɪsˈmeɪfʊl
eyeful
ˈaɪfʊl
fanciful
ˈfænsɪfʊl
joyful
ˈdʒɔɪfʊl
merciful
ˈmɜːsɪfʊl
pitiful
ˈpɪtɪfʊl
playful
ˈpleɪfʊl
plentiful
ˈplɛntɪfʊl
preyful
ˈpreɪfʊl
sighful
ˈsaɪfʊl
swayful
ˈsweɪfʊl
trayful
ˈtreɪfʊl
unbeautiful
ʌnˈbjuːtɪfʊl
undutiful
ʌnˈdjuːtɪfʊl
unjoyful
ʌnˈdʒɔɪfʊl
unmerciful
ʌnˈmɜːsɪfʊl
unpitiful
ʌnˈpɪtɪfʊl
weariful
ˈwɪərɪfʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DUTIFUL

duteous
duteously
duteousness
dutiability
dutiable
dutied
duties
dutifully
dutifulness
Dutton
duty
duty call
duty chemist
duty of care
duty officer
duty paid
duty-bound
duty-free
duty-free shop
duty-free shopping

WORDS THAT END LIKE DUTIFUL

awful
body beautiful
careful
colorful
delightful
faithful
grateful
handful
harmful
helpful
hopeful
lady bountiful
meaningful
painful
peaceful
powerful
successful
thankful
useful
wonderful

Synonyms and antonyms of dutiful in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DUTIFUL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dutiful» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of dutiful

Translation of «dutiful» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DUTIFUL

Find out the translation of dutiful to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dutiful from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dutiful» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

顺从的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

obediente
570 millions of speakers

English

dutiful
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कर्तव्यपरायण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مطيع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

послушный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

atencioso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কর্তব্যপরায়ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dévoué
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersungguh-sungguh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pflichtbewusst
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

忠実な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

의무를 다하는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dutiful
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dể sai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பணிவான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कर्तव्यतत्पर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

saygılı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

diligente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dbający
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

слухняний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cuminte
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπάκουος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pligsgetrou
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

plikttrogen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pliktoppfyllende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dutiful

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DUTIFUL»

The term «dutiful» is regularly used and occupies the 74.431 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DUTIFUL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dutiful

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8 QUOTES WITH «DUTIFUL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dutiful.
1
Madhur Bhandarkar
Films are meant solely to provide entertainment. There are no lessons to be learnt and and inferences to be drawn. Has anyone become dutiful and law abiding after seeing a film that espouses these very virtues? Films can do no more than influence fashion, decor, and hairstyle trends.
2
Queen Elizabeth II
At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A young mother and a dutiful father with their baby were joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar. They came with their gifts to worship the Christ child.
3
Wilhelm Frick
By the fulfillment of my legal and moral duty I think I have earned punishment just as little as the tens of thousands of dutiful German officials who have now been imprisoned only because they carried out their duties.
4
William L. Jenkins
President Reagan always gave the credit to the American people and American ideals. He treated his job as a valuable temporary loan from the American people, a loan that should be respected and returned with dutiful appreciation.
5
Jonathan Mayhew
It becomes us, therefore, to be contented, and dutiful subjects.
6
Arjun Rampal
Physical attributes can make you appealing, but to keep the appeal going, one has to draw from within. You have to be a real person. Your fans and the people you associate with have to be able to see beyond your looks. You have to be a good friend, dutiful son and a good family man.
7
John Strachan
The name of Jesus, like a secret charm, awakened similar emotions in the hearts of all the converts, and called immediately into action every feeling of moral loveliness, and every desire of dutiful obedience, which constitute Christian purity.
8
Emily Watson
I was a normal, rather dutiful child. I didn't even rebel as a teenager.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DUTIFUL»

Discover the use of dutiful in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dutiful and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Dutiful Worrier: How to Stop Compulsive Worry Without ...
These books provide proven-effective treatments and tools to improve psychological well-being, while also supporting advancements in psychotherapy for the betterment of humanity.
Elliot Cohen, 2011
2
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
A superb autobiography by one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century, Simone de Beauvoir's Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter offers an intimate picture of growing up in a bourgeois French family, rebelling as an adolescent ...
Simone de Beauvoir, 2005
3
Dutiful Correspondent: Philosophical Essays on Thomas Jefferson
Dutiful Correspondent explores Thomas Jefferson as a philosopher in his own right.
Mark Holowchak, 2013
4
Beautiful Daughter-Dutiful Son
A single father (and newspaper reporter) confesses how he survived the teenage years of his children and lived to tell about it. Hilarious.
Hanoch Bordan, 2004
5
Playing the Dutiful Wife: Expecting His Love-Child
Last time it led usually sensible Meg into a Vegas wedding chapel. This time the consequence of giving in to their chemistry will bind her to Niklas forever…. Plus a Carol Marinelli reader-favorite story: Expecting His Love-Child
Carol Marinelli, 2013
6
Dutiful Rake
Meg's smile was perhaps the loveliest he'd ever seen, and the glow in her eyes made him feel wildly out of control. Tantalized by her evident passion for life, the dutiful rake soon found himself consumed by far from innocent desires.
Elizabeth Rolls, 2009
7
The Dutiful Wife (Mills & Boon Modern) (Penny Jordan Collection)
Penny Jordan needs no introduction as arguably the most recognisable name writing for Mills & Boon.
Penny Jordan, 2013
8
Dutiful Service: The Life of Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower
This volume chronicles her life from her comfortable and affluent childhood through a nomadic life as an 'Army wife' to the halls of power and influence in the White House.
Robert E. Dewhirst, 2004
9
Memoirs of a Not So Dutiful Daughter
The only child of an electrical engineer and a mother who resented the fact that she'd never been to university, the broadcaster Jenni Murray grew up in a traditional household in the 1950s.
Jenni Murray, 2009
10
Arab Women in the Field: Studying Your Own Society
Fieldwork. of. a. Dutiful. Daughter. LILA ABU-LUGHOD L n the summer of 1985 I returned to the Bedouin community in the Egyptian Western Desert in which I had spent nearly two years doing fieldwork. Five years had passed since I had left to ...
Soraya Altorki, Camillia Fawzi El-Solh, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DUTIFUL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dutiful is used in the context of the following news items.
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World View: Greece's Alexis Tsipras Compares Himself to the Tragic …
As the heroine of Antigone, Oedipus' daughter grapples with Fate on her own, not just as a child or a dutiful daughter. Her decisiveness and ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
2
We have failed to prepare for our greying future and a million elderly …
It's a proper bore-fest, at which dutiful media will try and make interesting. Instead of woolly, open-ended navel gazing, it should have a singular ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
3
WMN Letters: Uphill to the cattle shed - downhill to near disaster
Meanwhile, back here, as well as putting in dutiful sessions in the shearing shed and the cattle pens, my eldest two scamps have been ... «Western Morning News, Jul 15»
4
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof By Tennessee Williams
... Marie Rhea At the Keegan Theatre to Aug. 1 Keegan relaunches with a Tennessee Williams evening that feels both dutiful and a little dullish. «Washington City Paper, Jul 15»
5
Should the Minions Have Gotten Their Own Movie? The Answer Is …
This is an origin story, explaining how the naughty but dutiful Minions were for centuries a dejected, displaced people: Since the beginning of ... «L.A. Weekly, Jul 15»
6
ESPN: 3 strong reasons to call Exavier Pope
Exavier is an ethical and dutiful member of his community and family man. Exavier is a man of God and knows how to be a great family man. «ChicagoNow, Jul 15»
7
A Military Truck Rammed Into This Woman's Car From Behind …
I waited patiently and calmly like a dutiful, law abiding citizen, little had I anticipated that a huge military truck would come and ram into my car ... «Indiatimes.com, Jul 15»
8
Feeling Under-appreciated & Undervalued
... explaining that college was on my horizon and that'd I'd proven to be a dutiful employee for over three years, with measurable results to my performance. «hitched, Jul 15»
9
Roger Federer - The Three Biggest Questions
In fact, the backhand slice became a dutiful ally of the 33-year-old's in general, as Gilles lacked the power to consistently pull a dangerous shot ... «Crunchsports.com, Jul 15»
10
Share this story
Her attempts to fill the ensuing void - trying too hard to play the role of a dutiful wife, and not trying hard enough to resist the temptation of taking ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»

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