Sportful and Stern

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Sportful adjective - Given to good-natured joking or teasing.

Usage example: a sportful brother who loved teasing his little sister

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Stern is an antonym for sportful.

Nearby Words: sport, sporty, sported

Stern adjective - Given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restraint.

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Sportful is an antonym for stern.

Nearby Words: sternness, sternly, sterne

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Stern and Sportful. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/sportful/stern

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