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teen¹

  • /ˈtiːn/
  • [ˈtʰɪi̯n]

Rhymes with -iːn

Where it comes from

Clipping of teenager. For more synonyms see at Thesaurus:teenager.

noun teens

  1. Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old (inclusive). In the safety alert, the NTSB educates parents on the risks and outlines what they can do to protect their teens against marijuana-impaired driving.

    Similar: teenager

  2. Internet, derogatory A black teenager or a young black person.

adjective

  1. not comparable Of or having to do with teenagers; teenage teen fashion

teen²

  • /ˈtiːn/
  • [ˈtʰɪi̯n]

Rhymes with -iːn

Where it comes from

From Middle English tene, from Old English tēona, tēone, *tēon, from Proto-West Germanic *teun, from Proto-Germanic *teuną.

noun teens

  1. archaic Grief; sorrow; trouble. In which the birds song many a lovely lay / Of Gods high praise, and of their loves sweet teene, / As it an earthly Paradize had beene […]

    Similar: ill-fortune, harm, suffering

  2. archaic, obsolete Vexation; anger; hate.

teen³

  • /ˈtiːn/
  • [ˈtʰɪi̯n]

Rhymes with -iːn

Where it comes from

From Middle English tenen, from Old English tēonian, tȳnan (“to vex, annoy, provoke”), from Proto-West Germanic *tiunijan, from Proto-Germanic *tiunijaną.

verb teens · teening · teened

  1. obsolete, transitive To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure.
  2. obsolete, reflexive To become angry or distressed. Þenne tened hym theologye · whan he þis tale herde

teen⁴

  • /ˈtiːn/
  • [ˈtʰɪi̯n]

Rhymes with -iːn

Where it comes from

From Middle English tenen, tinen, from Old English tȳnan (“to fence, inclose, shut, close”), from Proto-West Germanic *tūnijan, from Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną (“fence, enclosure”). Doublet of tine. Cognate with Dutch tuinen, German zäunen. Related to English town.

verb teens · teening · teened

  1. Devon, dialectal, obsolete, transitive To close, to shut; to enclose, to hedge or fence in. Hie tho' off […] or th' dur may be teen'd.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: teenaged, adolescent, young, immature, teenage, teenager, adolescence, child, youth, juvenile, boy, ager, girl, schoolgirl, minor, lah

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noun grief, sorrow, suffering

Русскийбе́дствие bédstvije, го́ре góre, несча́стье nesčástʹje

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@misc{teen_2026,
  title = {teen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/teen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}