Definitions for molehill

molehill mole·hill

Spelling: [mohl-hil]
IPA: /ˈmoʊlˌhɪl/

Molehill is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 109 anagrams from letters in molehill (ehilllmo).

Definitions for molehill

noun

  1. a small mound or ridge of earth raised up by a mole or moles burrowing under the ground.

Idioms

  1. make a mountain out of a molehill, to exaggerate a minor difficulty.

Origin of molehill

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50; See origin at mole1, hill

Examples for molehill

I soon found my pride was a molehill and my love a mountain.

But is this merely a case of making a mountain out of a molehill—or is there a legitimate reason to be upset?

He saw now, or thought he saw, that he had been making a mountain out of a molehill.

The newspapers got hold of it and are making a mountain out of a molehill.

I was a little nettled at having been scared for a molehill.

Few diplomatic events are more embarrassing than a summit that turns into a molehill.

A mountain crowned by a molehill could not have looked more ridiculous.

Oh, it's absurd, you're making a mountain out of a molehill.

That is often a mountain to one which is only a molehill to another.

In both cases, the minority party on both committees thinks the majority is making a mountain out of a molehill.

Word Value for molehill
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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