rife

adjective

ˈrīf

: prevalent especially to an increasing degree

suspicion and cruelty were rife

W. E. B. Du Bois

: abundant, common

: copiously supplied : abounding

—usually used with with

rife with rumors

rife adverb

rifely adverb

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English is rife with words that have Germanic connections, many of which have been handed down to us from Old English. Rife is one of those words. Not a whole lot has changed with rife in its long history. We continue to use the word for negative things, especially those that are widespread or prevalent. Examples are "shoplifting was rife" or "the city was rife with greed and corruption." Rumors and speculation are also frequently described as "rife." But rife can also be appropriately used for good or neutral things. For example, you might speak of the summer garden being "rife" with scents.

Example Sentences

Speculation about who would be fired ran rife for weeks. a city government that is rife with malfeasance and corruption

Recent Examples on the Web From second person to dialect to present tense, his debut collection is rife with shifting mechanisms that provide intimate access to his characters and submerge the reader in the urgency of his world.

Leah Tyler, ajc, 9 Sep. 2022 Tuesday night defeated Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo in their Democratic primary, according to Associated Press projections, ending a bruising, ugly contest that was rife with controversy.

Danny Mcdonald, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022 The country was opening up to the outside world and seemed rife with business opportunities.

Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2022 The impressive shape seems rife with athletic potential, but the large hybrid sedan simply hasn’t fully come into its own yet in terms of performance.

Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 19 Jan. 2022 Scams—like meme economies in which online memes are treated like financial commodities and vice versa as well as pump-and-dump schemes—also run rife, according to some influencers on the platform.

Connor Goodwin, WSJ, 21 May 2021 After days on the road, away from the news, away from work and email, away from those same four walls, life seemed rife with possibilities again.

Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2021 According to Worthy, his predominately Indian section of Vancouver was rife with gangs, drive-by shootings a regular occurrence.

Max Bell, SPIN, 30 Aug. 2022 The nearly 500 pages that follow are rife with this kind of self-congratulatory puffery.

Peter Bergen, CNN, 29 Aug. 2022 See More

单词	rife
释义	rife adjective ˈrīf 1 : prevalent especially to an increasing degree suspicion and cruelty were rife W. E. B. Du Bois 2 : abundant, common 3 : copiously supplied : abounding —usually used with with rife with rumors rife adverb rifely adverb Did you know? English is rife with words that have Germanic connections, many of which have been handed down to us from Old English. Rife is one of those words. Not a whole lot has changed with rife in its long history. We continue to use the word for negative things, especially those that are widespread or prevalent. Examples are "shoplifting was rife" or "the city was rife with greed and corruption." Rumors and speculation are also frequently described as "rife." But rife can also be appropriately used for good or neutral things. For example, you might speak of the summer garden being "rife" with scents. Synonyms abounding abundant awash flush fraught lousy replete swarming teeming thick thronging See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Speculation about who would be fired ran rife for weeks. a city government that is rife with malfeasance and corruption Recent Examples on the Web From second person to dialect to present tense, his debut collection is rife with shifting mechanisms that provide intimate access to his characters and submerge the reader in the urgency of his world. Leah Tyler, ajc, 9 Sep. 2022 Tuesday night defeated Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo in their Democratic primary, according to Associated Press projections, ending a bruising, ugly contest that was rife with controversy. Danny Mcdonald, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022 The country was opening up to the outside world and seemed rife with business opportunities. Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2022 The impressive shape seems rife with athletic potential, but the large hybrid sedan simply hasn’t fully come into its own yet in terms of performance. Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 19 Jan. 2022 Scams—like meme economies in which online memes are treated like financial commodities and vice versa as well as pump-and-dump schemes—also run rife, according to some influencers on the platform. Connor Goodwin, WSJ, 21 May 2021 After days on the road, away from the news, away from work and email, away from those same four walls, life seemed rife with possibilities again. Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2021 According to Worthy, his predominately Indian section of Vancouver was rife with gangs, drive-by shootings a regular occurrence. Max Bell, SPIN, 30 Aug. 2022 The nearly 500 pages that follow are rife with this kind of self-congratulatory puffery. Peter Bergen, CNN, 29 Aug. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Middle English ryfe, from Old English rȳfe; akin to Old Norse rīfr abundant First Known Use 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing rife rife with rife with rife adjective as in filled possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified a city government that is rife with malfeasance and corruption Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance filled crowded awash teeming fraught abounding bursting swarming abundant jammed packed replete thronging crammed stuffed buzzing brimming saturated flush loaded lousy thick bulging overcrowded busy overflowing humming bustling astir chock-full clogged chockful lively congested overloaded full overfilled overstuffed surfeited overladen jam-packed alive animated fat overfull Antonyms & Near Antonyms devoid barren void vacant empty stark blank bare depleted deficient insufficient short drained incomplete exhausted See More
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rife

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