Definition
Characterized by excessive or annoying barking; prone to barking in a tiresome manner.
Etymology
From 'bark' plus the suffix '-some' (meaning 'characterized by' or 'tending to'). Similar to 'burdensome' or 'tiresome,' suggesting something becomes wearisome or problematic.
Kelly Says
'Barksome' is poetically descriptive but rarely used today—it belongs to older English when '-some' was more productive for creating negative descriptors. You see it occasionally in dog breed descriptions in 19th-century texts.
Translations
CSČeština
štěkotání
shte-ko-ta-ni
DADansk
vuftende
vu-fend-e
DEDeutsch
lautstark
laut-stark
ELΕλληνικά
σκυθρωπός
ski-thro-pos
ESEspañol
con voz áspera
kon vos as-pe-ra
FISuomi
haukkuva
hau-kku-va
FRFrançais
aboiements
ab-wa-ma
HIहिन्दी
भौंकने वाला
bhaunk-ne wa-la
HUMagyar
barkolás
bar-ko-las
IDBahasa Indonesia
menggigit
me-gig-it
ITItaliano
abbaiare
ab-bia-re
JA日本語
吠えるような
hoe-eru-you-na
KO한국어
짖는 소리
jit-neun so-ri
MSBahasa Melayu
menggigit
me-gig-it
NLNederlands
blaffend
blaf-fend
NONorsk
barkende
bar-ken-de
PLPolski
szczekający
shche-ka-y-chi
PTPortuguês
barulhento
ba-rul-hen-to
RUРусский
лающий
la-y-u-y-y
SVSvenska
barkande
bar-kan-de
SWKiswahili
kulia
ku-li-a
TAதமிழ்
குரைத்தல்
ku-rai-thal
TRTürkçe
havlayan
hav-la-yan
UKУкраїнська
лаючий
la-y-u-chyy
URاردو
بھونکنے والا
bho-n-ke-ne wa-la