ness: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of ness
- wilderness«Word Popularity Bar5/5
wilderness
- noun (politics) a state of disfavor
- he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness
- noun a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War
- noun (politics) a state of disfavor
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business
- noun a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
business organisation; business concern; business organization; concern.
- he bought his brother's business
- a small mom-and-pop business
- a racially integrated business concern
- noun the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
commercial enterprise; business enterprise.
- computers are now widely used in business
- noun a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
- witness5/5
witness
- noun someone who sees an event and reports what happened
witnesser; informant.
- noun a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
viewer; looker; spectator; watcher.
- the spectators applauded the performance
- television viewers
- sky watchers discovered a new star
- noun someone who sees an event and reports what happened
- darkness5/5
darkness
- noun absence of light or illumination
dark.
- noun an unilluminated area
dark; shadow.
- he moved off into the darkness
- noun absence of light or illumination
- thickness5/5
thickness
- noun the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
- noun indistinct articulation
- judging from the thickness of his speech he had been drinking heavily
- noun the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
- kindness5/5
kindness
- noun the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic
- noun tendency to be kind and forgiving
forgivingness.
- noun the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic
- consciousness5/5
consciousness
- noun an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
- he lost consciousness
- noun having knowledge of
cognisance; knowingness; awareness; cognizance.
- he had no awareness of his mistakes
- his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced
- their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive
- noun an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
- awareness5/5
awareness
- noun having knowledge of
cognisance; knowingness; consciousness; cognizance.
- he had no awareness of his mistakes
- his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced
- their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive
- noun state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
sentience.
- the crash intruded on his awareness
- noun having knowledge of
- illness5/5
illness
- noun impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
malady; unwellness; sickness.
- noun impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
- effectiveness5/5
effectiveness
- noun power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect
effectuality; effectivity; effectualness.
- noun capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
strength; potency.
- the toxin's potency
- the strength of the drinks
- noun power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect
- weakness5/5
weakness
- noun a flaw or weak point
failing.
- he was quick to point out his wife's failings
- noun powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
impuissance; helplessness.
- in spite of their weakness the group remains active
- noun a flaw or weak point
- goodness5/5
goodness
- noun that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
good.
- weigh the good against the bad
- among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization
- noun moral excellence or admirableness
good.
- there is much good to be found in people
- noun that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
- forgiveness5/5
forgiveness
- noun compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive
- noun the act of excusing a mistake or offense
pardon.
- noun compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive
- sickness5/5
sickness
- noun impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
malady; illness; unwellness.
- noun defectiveness or unsoundness
- drugs have become a sickness they cannot cure
- a great sickness of his judgment
- noun impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
- happiness5/5
happiness
- noun state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
felicity.
- noun emotions experienced when in a state of well-being
- noun state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
- fitness5/5
fitness
- noun the quality of being suitable
fittingness.
- they had to prove their fitness for the position
- noun good physical condition; being in shape or in condition
physical fitness.
- noun the quality of being suitable
- righteousness5/5
righteousness
- noun adhering to moral principles
- noun adhering to moral principles
- sadness5/5
sadness
- noun emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
unhappiness.
- noun the state of being sad
sorrow; sorrowfulness.
- she tired of his perpetual sadness
- noun emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
- willingness5/5
willingness
- noun cheerful compliance
- he expressed his willingness to help
- noun cheerful compliance
- emptiness4/5
emptiness
- noun the state of containing nothing
- noun having an empty stomach
- noun the state of containing nothing
- wholeness4/5
wholeness
- noun an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting
unity; integrity.
- the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development
- he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia
- noun a state of robust good health
haleness.
- noun an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting
- openness4/5
openness
- noun without obstructions to passage or view
- the openness of the prairies
- noun characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive
nakedness.
- noun without obstructions to passage or view
- readiness4/5
readiness
- noun the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)
preparation; preparedness.
- putting them in readiness
- their preparation was more than adequate
- noun prompt willingness
zeal; eagerness; forwardness.
- readiness to continue discussions
- they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel
- they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority
- he tried to explain his forwardness in battle
- noun the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)
- loneliness4/5
loneliness
- noun the state of being alone in solitary isolation
solitariness.
- noun sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
forlornness; desolation.
- noun the state of being alone in solitary isolation
- brightness4/5
brightness
- noun the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
- noun intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
cleverness; smartness.
- noun the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
- harness4/5
harness
- noun a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute)
- noun stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
- noun a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute)
- whiteness4/5
whiteness
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
white.
- noun the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
sinlessness; purity; innocence; pureness.
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
- completeness4/5
completeness
- noun the state of being complete and entire; having everything that is needed
- noun (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that a contradiction arises if any proposition is introduced that cannot be derived from the axioms of the system
- noun the state of being complete and entire; having everything that is needed
- closeness4/5
closeness
- noun a feeling of being intimate and belonging together
intimacy.
- their closeness grew as the night wore on
- noun the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
stuffiness.
- noun a feeling of being intimate and belonging together
- stillness4/5
stillness
- noun (poetic) tranquil silence
hush; still.
- the still of the night
- noun calmness without winds
windlessness.
- noun (poetic) tranquil silence
- politeness4/5
politeness
- noun a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage
niceness.
- noun the act of showing regard for others
civility.
- noun a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage
- preparedness4/5
preparedness
- noun the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)
preparation; readiness.
- putting them in readiness
- their preparation was more than adequate
- noun the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)
- fairness4/5
fairness
- noun conformity with rules or standards
equity.
- the judge recognized the fairness of my claim
- noun ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty
fair-mindedness; candor; candour.
- noun conformity with rules or standards
- usefulness4/5
usefulness
- noun the quality of being of practical use
utility.
- noun the quality of being of practical use
- greatness4/5
greatness
- noun the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence
illustriousness.
- noun unusual largeness in size or extent or number
grandness; immenseness; vastness; immensity; wideness; enormousness; sizeableness.
- noun the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence
- holiness4/5
holiness
- noun the quality of being holy
sanctity; sanctitude.
- noun the quality of being holy
- bitterness4/5
bitterness
- noun a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
gall; rancour; rancor; resentment.
- noun a rough and bitter manner
acrimony; tartness; acerbity; thorniness; jaundice.
- noun a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
- richness4/5
richness
- noun the property of being extremely abundant
profusion; cornucopia; profuseness.
- the profusion of detail
- the idiomatic richness of English
- noun abundant wealth
affluence.
- they studied forerunners of richness or poverty
- the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty
- noun the property of being extremely abundant
- blindness4/5
blindness
- noun the state of being blind or lacking sight
sightlessness; cecity.
- noun the state of being blind or lacking sight
- likeness4/5
likeness
- noun similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
alikeness; similitude.
- man created God in his own likeness
- noun picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
semblance.
- noun similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
- hardness4/5
hardness
- noun the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale
- noun a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering
- the costs of reducing hardness depend on the relative amounts of calcium and magnesium compounds that are present
- noun the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale
- responsiveness4/5
responsiveness
- noun responsive to stimulation
reactivity.
- noun the quality of being responsive; reacting quickly; as a quality of people, it involves responding with emotion to people and events
- noun responsive to stimulation
- correctness4/5
correctness
- noun conformity to fact or truth
rightness.
- noun the quality of conformity to social expectations
- noun conformity to fact or truth
- sweetness4/5
sweetness
- noun the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
sweet; sugariness.
- noun the property of tasting as if it contains sugar
sweet.
- noun the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
- blackness4/5
blackness
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
inkiness; black.
- noun total absence of light
black; lightlessness; pitch blackness; total darkness.
- they fumbled around in total darkness
- in the black of night
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- fullness4/5
fullness
- noun completeness over a broad scope
comprehensiveness.
- noun the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing
richness; mellowness.
- the music had a fullness that echoed through the hall
- the cheap wine had no body, no mellowness
- he was well aware of the richness of his own appearance
- noun completeness over a broad scope
- attractiveness4/5
attractiveness
- noun the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts
attraction.
- her personality held a strange attraction for him
- noun sexual allure
- noun the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts
- highness4/5
highness
- noun the quality of being high or lofty
loftiness.
- noun (Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal person
- noun the quality of being high or lofty
- wickedness4/5
wickedness
- noun morally objectionable behavior
iniquity; evil; immorality.
- noun absence of moral or spiritual values
iniquity; dark; darkness.
- the powers of darkness
- noun morally objectionable behavior
- roughness4/5
roughness
- noun a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
raggedness.
- noun the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
harshness.
- noun a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
- faithfulness4/5
faithfulness
- noun the quality of being faithful
fidelity.
- noun the quality of being faithful
- otherness4/5
otherness
- noun the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known
distinctness; separateness.
- noun the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known
- restlessness4/5
restlessness
- noun the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active
- the restlessness of the wind
- noun a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
impatience.
- noun the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active
- gentleness4/5
gentleness
- noun the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual
gradualness.
- noun acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered
softness; mildness.
- his fingers have learned gentleness
- suddenly her gigantic power melted into softness for the baby
- even in the pulpit there are moments when mildness of manner is not enough
- noun the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual
- reasonableness4/5
reasonableness
- noun the state of having good sense and sound judgment
reason; rationality.
- his rationality may have been impaired
- he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions
- noun goodness of reason and judgment
- the judiciary is built on the reasonableness of judges
- noun the state of having good sense and sound judgment
- eyewitness4/5
eyewitness
- noun a spectator who can describe what happened
- verb be present at an event and see it with one's own eyes
- noun a spectator who can describe what happened
- drunkenness4/5
drunkenness
- noun a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
tipsiness; insobriety; inebriety; inebriation; intoxication.
- noun habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms
inebriation; alcoholism; alcohol addiction.
- noun a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
- madness4/5
madness
- noun obsolete terms for legal insanity
lunacy; insaneness.
- noun an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain
lyssa; hydrophobia; rabies.
- noun obsolete terms for legal insanity
- tenderness4/5
tenderness
- noun a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
- noun a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
soreness; rawness.
- the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness
- after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on
- noun a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
- competitiveness4/5
competitiveness
- noun an aggressive willingness to compete
fight.
- the team was full of fight
- noun an aggressive willingness to compete
- stiffness4/5
stiffness
- noun the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
- noun the property of moving with pain or difficulty
- he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck
- noun the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
- seriousness4/5
seriousness
- noun an earnest and sincere feeling
earnestness; sincerity.
- noun the quality of arousing fear or distress
distressfulness.
- he learned the seriousness of his illness
- noun an earnest and sincere feeling
- uniqueness4/5
uniqueness
- noun the quality of being one of a kind
singularity.
- that singularity distinguished him from all his companions
- noun the quality of being one of a kind
- selfishness4/5
selfishness
- noun stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others
- noun stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others
- helplessness4/5
helplessness
- noun powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
impuissance; weakness.
- in spite of their weakness the group remains active
- noun the state of needing help from something
- noun powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
- appropriateness4/5
appropriateness
- noun appropriate conduct; doing the right thing
rightness.
- noun the quality of being specially suitable
- noun appropriate conduct; doing the right thing
- dizziness4/5
dizziness
- noun a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
giddiness; vertigo; lightheadedness.
- noun a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
- cleanliness4/5
cleanliness
- noun the habit of keeping free of superficial imperfections
- noun diligence in keeping clean
- noun the habit of keeping free of superficial imperfections
- indebtedness4/5
indebtedness
- noun an obligation to pay money to another party
liability; financial obligation.
- noun a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor
obligation.
- noun an obligation to pay money to another party
- robustness4/5
robustness
- noun the property of being strong and healthy in constitution
hardiness; validity; lustiness.
- noun the characteristic of being strong enough to withstand intellectual challenge
- the lack of robustness in the findings may be due to the small size of the sample
- noun the property of being strong and healthy in constitution
- unhappiness4/5
unhappiness
- noun emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
sadness.
- noun state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief
- noun emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
- nothingness4/5
nothingness
- noun the state of nonexistence
void; nullity; nihility.
- noun empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
jazz; malarky; idle words; malarkey; wind.
- that's a lot of wind
- don't give me any of that jazz
- noun the state of nonexistence
- wellness4/5
wellness
- noun a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
health.
- physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients
- noun a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
- firmness4/5
firmness
- noun the muscle tone of healthy tissue
soundness.
- his muscular firmness
- noun the trait of being resolute
resoluteness; resolve; firmness of purpose; resolution.
- his resoluteness carried him through the battle
- it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work
- noun the muscle tone of healthy tissue
- nervousness4/5
nervousness
- noun the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
jumpiness; jitteriness; restiveness.
- noun an uneasy psychological state
nerves.
- he suffered an attack of nerves
- noun the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
- eagerness4/5
eagerness
- noun a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
keenness; avidity; avidness.
- noun prompt willingness
zeal; readiness; forwardness.
- readiness to continue discussions
- they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel
- they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority
- he tried to explain his forwardness in battle
- noun a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
- unwillingness4/5
unwillingness
- noun the trait of being unwilling
involuntariness.
- his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made
- in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton
- noun the trait of being unwilling
- oneness4/5
oneness
- noun the quality of being united into one
unity.
- noun the quality of being united into one
- uneasiness4/5
uneasiness
- noun feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
edginess; inquietude; disquietude.
- noun physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression)
malaise; unease.
- noun feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
- hopelessness4/5
hopelessness
- noun the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success
- noun the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success
- strangeness3/5
strangeness
- noun unusualness as a consequence of not being well known
unfamiliarity.
- noun (physics) one of the six flavors of quark
- noun unusualness as a consequence of not being well known
- smallness3/5
smallness
- noun the property of having a relatively small size
littleness.
- noun the property of being a relatively small amount
- he was attracted by the smallness of the taxes
- noun the property of having a relatively small size
- softness3/5
softness
- noun the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded
- noun poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)
unfitness.
- noun the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded
- homelessness3/5
homelessness
- noun the state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets)
- noun the state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets)
- governess3/5
governess
- noun a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)
- verb bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
regularize; regularise; regulate; order; govern.
- We cannot regulate the way people dress
- This town likes to regulate
- noun a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)
- tightness3/5
tightness
- noun a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
stringency.
- noun a tight feeling in some part of the body
constriction.
- he felt a constriction in her chest
- she felt an alarming tightness in her chest
- emotion caused a constriction of his throat
- noun a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
- connectedness3/5
connectedness
- noun the state of being connected
connection; link.
- the connection between church and state is inescapable
- noun a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
connection; connexion.
- there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare
- noun the state of being connected
- backwardness3/5
backwardness
- noun lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
retardation; subnormality; slowness; mental retardation.
- noun lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
- slowness3/5
slowness
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
ineptness; awkwardness; ineptitude; maladroitness; clumsiness.
- noun a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
deliberateness; unhurriedness; deliberation.
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
- incompleteness3/5
incompleteness
- noun the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect
rawness.
- the study was criticized for incompleteness of data but it stimulated further research
- the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable
- noun the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect
- meanness3/5
meanness
- noun the quality of being deliberately mean
beastliness.
- noun extreme stinginess
tightfistedness; parsimoniousness; minginess; niggardliness; closeness; niggardness; tightness; parsimony.
- noun the quality of being deliberately mean
- swiftness3/5
swiftness
- noun a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
speed; fastness.
- the project advanced with gratifying speed
- noun a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
- vividness3/5
vividness
- noun interest and variety and intensity
color; colour.
- the Puritan Period was lacking in color
- the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness
- noun chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue
saturation; chroma; intensity.
- noun interest and variety and intensity
- thinness3/5
thinness
- noun relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
tenuity; slenderness.
- the tenuity of a hair
- the thinness of a rope
- noun the property of having little body fat
leanness; spareness.
- noun relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
- weariness3/5
weariness
- noun temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
fatigue; tiredness.
- he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue
- growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills
- weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep
- noun temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
- toughness3/5
toughness
- noun enduring strength and energy
stamina; staying power.
- noun the property of being big and strong
huskiness; ruggedness.
- noun enduring strength and energy
- boldness3/5
boldness
- noun the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
hardiness; daring; hardihood.
- the proposal required great boldness
- the plan required great hardiness of heart
- noun impudent aggressiveness
nerve; brass; cheek; face.
- I couldn't believe her boldness
- he had the effrontery to question my honesty
- noun the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
- deafness3/5
deafness
- noun partial or complete loss of hearing
hearing loss.
- noun partial or complete loss of hearing
- distinctiveness3/5
distinctiveness
- noun a distinguishing trait
peculiarity; speciality; specialty; specialness.
- noun utter dissimilarity
disparateness.
- noun a distinguishing trait
- lightness3/5
lightness
- noun a feeling of joy and pride
elation; high spirits.
- noun the property of being comparatively small in weight
weightlessness.
- the lightness of balsa wood
- noun a feeling of joy and pride
- sameness3/5
sameness
- noun the quality of being alike
- sameness of purpose kept them together
- noun the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
humdrum; monotony.
- he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work
- he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners
- he hated the sameness of the food the college served
- noun the quality of being alike
- foolishness3/5
foolishness
- noun the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
folly; unwiseness.
- noun the quality of being rash and foolish
folly; madness; craziness.
- trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly
- adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness
- noun the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
- coldness3/5
coldness
- noun the sensation produced by low temperatures
cold.
- he shivered from the cold
- the cold helped clear his head
- noun a lack of affection or enthusiasm
frigidness; coolness; iciness; chilliness; frigidity.
- a distressing coldness of tone and manner
- noun the sensation produced by low temperatures
- carelessness3/5
carelessness
- noun the quality of not being careful or taking pains
sloppiness.
- noun failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
nonperformance; negligence; neglect.
- noun the quality of not being careful or taking pains
- powerlessness3/5
powerlessness
- noun the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
impotency; impotence.
- noun the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
- redness3/5
redness
- noun a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
rubor; inflammation.
- noun red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
red.
- noun a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
- relatedness3/5
relatedness
- noun a particular manner of connectedness
- the relatedness of all living things
- noun a particular manner of connectedness
- aggressiveness3/5
aggressiveness
- noun the quality of being bold and enterprising
- noun a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack
aggression.
- noun the quality of being bold and enterprising
- ugliness3/5
ugliness
- noun qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses
- noun the quality of being wicked
nefariousness; wickedness; vileness.
- noun qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses
- calmness3/5
calmness
- noun steadiness of mind under stress
equanimity; calm; composure.
- he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity
- noun an absence of strong winds or rain
- noun steadiness of mind under stress
- sharpness3/5
sharpness
- noun a quick and penetrating intelligence
keenness; acuteness; acuity.
- he argued with great acuteness
- I admired the keenness of his mind
- noun the attribute of urgency in tone of voice
edge.
- his voice had an edge to it
- noun a quick and penetrating intelligence
- laziness3/5
laziness
- noun inactivity resulting from a dislike of work
indolence.
- noun relaxed and easy activity
- the laziness of the day helped her to relax
- noun inactivity resulting from a dislike of work
- clearness3/5
clearness
- noun free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
limpidity; pellucidity; lucidity; clarity; lucidness.
- noun the quality of clear water
clarity; uncloudedness.
- when she awoke the clarity was back in her eyes
- noun free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
- loveliness3/5
loveliness
- noun the quality of being good looking and attractive
comeliness; beauteousness; fairness.
- noun the quality of being good looking and attractive
- smoothness3/5
smoothness
- noun a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch
- admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs
- some artists prefer the smoothness of a board
- noun powerful and effective language
eloquence; fluency.
- his eloquence attracted a large congregation
- fluency in spoken and written English is essential
- his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police
- noun a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch
- cheerfulness3/5
cheerfulness
- noun the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
cheer; sunshine; sunniness.
- flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room
- noun a feeling of spontaneous good spirits
blitheness.
- his cheerfulness made everyone feel better
- noun the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
- frankness3/5
frankness
- noun the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
candor; candidness; forthrightness; candour; directness.
- noun the trait of being blunt and outspoken
outspokenness.
- noun the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
- harshness3/5
harshness
- noun the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
abrasiveness; scratchiness.
- noun the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
roughness.
- noun the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
- newness3/5
newness
- noun the quality of being new; the opposite of oldness
- noun the quality of being new; the opposite of oldness
- unfairness3/5
unfairness
- noun partiality that is not fair or equitable
- noun injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards
inequity.
- noun partiality that is not fair or equitable
- nearness3/5
nearness
- noun the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance
closeness.
- the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action
- noun the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance
- vastness3/5
vastness
- noun unusual largeness in size or extent or number
grandness; immenseness; immensity; greatness; wideness; enormousness; sizeableness.
- noun unusual largeness in size or extent or number
- heaviness3/5
heaviness
- noun the property of being comparatively great in weight
weightiness.
- the heaviness of lead
- noun persisting sadness
- nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss
- noun the property of being comparatively great in weight
- remoteness3/5
remoteness
- noun the property of being remote
farawayness; farness.
- noun a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner
withdrawnness; aloofness; standoffishness.
- noun the property of being remote
- cohesiveness3/5
cohesiveness
- noun the state of cohering or sticking together
cohesion; coherence; coherency.
- noun the property of being cohesive and sticky
gluiness; gumminess; glueyness; viscidness; ropiness; tackiness; viscidity.
- noun the state of cohering or sticking together
- naturalness3/5
naturalness
- noun the quality of being natural or based on natural principles
- he accepted the naturalness of death
- the spontaneous naturalness of his manner
- noun the quality of innocent naivete
artlessness; ingenuousness; innocence.
- noun the quality of being natural or based on natural principles
- tiredness3/5
tiredness
- noun temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
fatigue; weariness.
- he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue
- growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills
- weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep
- noun temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
- thoroughness3/5
thoroughness
- noun conscientiousness in performing all aspects of a task
- noun conscientiousness in performing all aspects of a task
- quickness3/5
quickness
- noun skillful performance or ability without difficulty
deftness; adeptness; adroitness; facility.
- his quick adeptness was a product of good design
- he was famous for his facility as an archer
- noun intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay
quick-wittedness; mental quickness.
- noun skillful performance or ability without difficulty
- separateness3/5
separateness
- noun the state of being several and distinct
discreteness; severalty; distinctness.
- noun political independence
- seeking complete political separateness for Taiwan
- noun the state of being several and distinct
- wakefulness3/5
wakefulness
- noun a periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world
- consciousness during wakefulness in a sane person is pretty well ordered and familiar
- noun a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep
sleeplessness.
- accept your wakefulness and sleep in its own contrary way is more likely to come
- noun a periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world
- playfulness3/5
playfulness
- noun a festive merry feeling
gaiety.
- noun a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement
fun.
- her playfulness surprised me
- he was fun to be with
- noun a festive merry feeling
- narrowness3/5
narrowness
- noun the property of being narrow; having little width
- the narrowness of the road
- noun an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior
narrow-mindedness.
- noun the property of being narrow; having little width
- distinctness3/5
distinctness
- noun the quality of being sharp and clear
sharpness.
- noun the state of being several and distinct
discreteness; severalty; separateness.
- noun the quality of being sharp and clear
- interconnectedness3/5
interconnectedness
- noun a state of being connected reciprocally
interconnection.
- an interconnection between the two buildings
- noun a state of being connected reciprocally
- rightness3/5
rightness
- noun according with conscience or morality
- noun appropriate conduct; doing the right thing
appropriateness.
- noun according with conscience or morality
- expressiveness3/5
expressiveness
- noun the quality of being expressive
- noun the quality of being expressive
- exactness3/5
exactness
- noun the quality of being exact
exactitude.
- he demanded exactness in all details
- a man of great exactitude
- noun the quality of being exact
- soreness3/5
soreness
- noun a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
tenderness; rawness.
- the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness
- after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on
- noun an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
discomfort; irritation.
- noun a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
- attentiveness3/5
attentiveness
- noun paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
paying attention; regard; heed.
- his attentiveness to her wishes
- he spends without heed to the consequences
- noun the trait of being considerate and thoughtful of others
- noun paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
- flatness3/5
flatness
- noun the property of having two dimensions
two-dimensionality; planeness.
- noun a want of animation or brilliance
- the almost self-conscious flatness of Hemingway's style
- noun the property of having two dimensions
- wetness3/5
wetness
- noun the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)
- he confirmed the wetness of the swimming trunks
- noun the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)
- dullness3/5
dullness
- noun the quality of being slow to understand
obtuseness.
- noun the quality of lacking interestingness
- the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees
- noun the quality of being slow to understand
- comprehensiveness3/5
comprehensiveness
- noun completeness over a broad scope
fullness.
- noun the capacity to understand a broad range of topics
breadth; largeness.
- a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject
- a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views
- noun completeness over a broad scope
- agribusiness3/5
agribusiness
- noun a large-scale farming enterprise
agriculture; factory farm.
- noun a large-scale farming enterprise
- fineness3/5
fineness
- noun the quality of being very good indeed
choiceness.
- the inn is distinguished by the fineness of its cuisine
- noun the property of being very narrow or thin
thinness.
- he marvelled at the fineness of her hair
- noun the quality of being very good indeed
- destructiveness3/5
destructiveness
- noun the quality of causing destruction
- noun the quality of causing destruction
- unpleasantness3/5
unpleasantness
- noun the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling
- noun the quality of giving displeasure
- the recent unpleasantness of the weather
- noun the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling
- sensitiveness3/5
sensitiveness
- noun sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
sensitivity.
- noun (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
sensitivity; sensibility.
- sensitivity to pain
- noun sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
- thoughtfulness3/5
thoughtfulness
- noun a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
contemplation; reflection; reflexion; rumination; musing.
- noun kind and considerate regard for others
consideration; considerateness.
- he showed no consideration for her feelings
- noun a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
- worldliness3/5
worldliness
- noun the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
mundaneness; mundanity; sophistication.
- noun concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs
- he disliked the worldliness of many bishops around him
- noun the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
- meaningfulness3/5
meaningfulness
- noun the quality of having great value or significance
- noun the quality of having great value or significance
- uncleanness3/5
uncleanness
- noun the state of being unsanitary
dirtiness.
- noun the state of being unsanitary
- badness3/5
badness
- noun that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
bad.
- take the bad with the good
- noun used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
severity; severeness.
- noun that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
- worthlessness3/5
worthlessness
- noun having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful
ineptitude.
- the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness
- noun the quality of being without practical use
- noun having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful
- freshness3/5
freshness
- noun the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated
- she loved the freshness of newly baked bread
- the freshness of the air revived him
- noun originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel
novelty.
- noun the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated
- fondness3/5
fondness
- noun a predisposition to like something
fancy; partiality.
- he had a fondness for whiskey
- noun a positive feeling of liking
heart; warmness; philia; warmheartedness; tenderness; affection; affectionateness.
- he had trouble expressing the affection he felt
- the child won everyone's heart
- the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home
- noun a predisposition to like something
- idleness3/5
idleness
- noun having no employment
idling; loafing.
- noun the quality of lacking substance or value
groundlessness.
- the groundlessness of their report was quickly recognized
- noun having no employment
- coolness3/5
coolness
- noun calm and unruffled self-assurance
imperturbability; imperturbableness.
- he performed with all the coolness of a veteran
- noun the property of being moderately cold
chilliness; nip.
- the chilliness of early morning
- noun calm and unruffled self-assurance
- earnestness3/5
earnestness
- noun an earnest and sincere feeling
seriousness; sincerity.
- noun the trait of being serious
seriousness; serious-mindedness; sincerity.
- a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice
- noun an earnest and sincere feeling
- friendliness3/5
friendliness
- noun a feeling of liking for another person; enjoyment in their company
- noun a friendly disposition
- noun a feeling of liking for another person; enjoyment in their company
- numbness3/5
numbness
- noun partial or total lack of sensation in a part of the body; a symptom of nerve damage or dysfunction
- noun the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
spiritlessness; apathy; indifference.
- noun partial or total lack of sensation in a part of the body; a symptom of nerve damage or dysfunction
- dryness3/5
dryness
- noun the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)
waterlessness; xerotes.
- noun moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs
sobriety.
- noun the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)
- shortness3/5
shortness
- noun the property of being of short spatial extent
- the shortness of the Channel crossing
- noun the condition of being short of something
- there was no shortness of money
- can cause shortness of breath
- noun the property of being of short spatial extent
- alertness3/5
alertness
- noun the process of paying close and continuous attention
vigilance; watchfulness; wakefulness.
- wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter
- vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue
- noun a state of readiness to respond
alerting.
- alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG
- noun the process of paying close and continuous attention
- assertiveness3/5
assertiveness
- noun aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions
self-assertiveness.
- noun aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions
- trustworthiness3/5
trustworthiness
- noun the trait of deserving trust and confidence
trustiness.
- noun the trait of deserving trust and confidence
- soundness3/5
soundness
- noun a state or condition free from damage or decay
- noun the quality of being prudent and sensible
wiseness; wisdom.
- noun a state or condition free from damage or decay
- nakedness3/5
nakedness
- noun the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind
nudeness; nudity.
- noun a bleak and desolate atmosphere
bareness; desolation; bleakness.
- the nakedness of the landscape
- noun the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind
- unconsciousness3/5
unconsciousness
- noun a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment
- noun a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment
- drowsiness3/5
drowsiness
- noun a very sleepy state
somnolence; sleepiness.
- sleepiness causes many driving accidents
- noun a very sleepy state
- randomness3/5
randomness
- noun (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work
entropy; S.
- entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity
- noun the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
stochasticity; noise; haphazardness.
- noun (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work
- awkwardness3/5
awkwardness
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
ineptness; ineptitude; maladroitness; clumsiness; slowness.
- noun the quality of an embarrassing situation
nuisance value.
- he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
- lawlessness3/5
lawlessness
- noun a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)
anarchy.
- noun illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law
outlawry.
- noun a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)
- guinness3/5
guinness
- noun English stage and screen actor noted for versatility (1914-2000)
Sir Alec Guinness; Alec Guinness.
- noun a kind of bitter stout
- noun English stage and screen actor noted for versatility (1914-2000)
- loudness3/5
loudness
- noun the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
volume; intensity.
- the kids played their music at full volume
- noun tasteless showiness
tawdriness; gaudiness; glitz; meretriciousness; flashiness; brashness; garishness.
- noun the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
- cleverness3/5
cleverness
- noun the power of creative imagination
ingeniousness; inventiveness; ingenuity.
- noun intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
smartness; brightness.
- noun the power of creative imagination
- directness3/5
directness
- noun trueness of course toward a goal
straightness.
- rivaling a hawk in directness of aim
- noun the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
candor; candidness; forthrightness; candour; frankness.
- noun trueness of course toward a goal
- recklessness3/5
recklessness
- noun the trait of giving little thought to danger
rashness; foolhardiness.
- noun the trait of giving little thought to danger
- rudeness3/5
rudeness
- noun a manner that is rude and insulting
discourtesy.
- noun a wild or unrefined state
crudeness; crudity; primitivism; primitiveness.
- noun a manner that is rude and insulting
- wildness3/5
wildness
- noun a feeling of extreme emotional intensity
abandon.
- the wildness of his anger
- noun the property of being wild or turbulent
fury; violence; furiousness; fierceness; vehemence; ferocity.
- the storm's violence
- noun a feeling of extreme emotional intensity
- timeliness3/5
timeliness
- noun being at the right time
seasonableness.
- noun timely convenience
patness; opportuneness.
- noun being at the right time
- manliness3/5
manliness
- noun the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male
virility; manfulness.
- noun the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male
- stubbornness3/5
stubbornness
- noun the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome
obstinance; obstinacy; mulishness.
- noun resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
pigheadedness; self-will; obstinacy; obstinance; bullheadedness.
- noun the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome
- wretchedness3/5
wretchedness
- noun a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
miserableness; misery.
- the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable
- noun the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant
- the wretchedness for which these prisons became known
- the grey wretchedness of the rain
- noun a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
- sleepiness3/5
sleepiness
- noun a very sleepy state
somnolence; drowsiness.
- sleepiness causes many driving accidents
- noun a very sleepy state
- sacredness3/5
sacredness
- noun the quality of being sacred
- noun the quality of being sacred
- dampness3/5
dampness
- noun a slight wetness
damp; moistness.
- noun a slight wetness
- genuineness3/5
genuineness
- noun the state of being genuine
- noun undisputed credibility
legitimacy; authenticity.
- noun the state of being genuine
- quietness3/5
quietness
- noun the property of making no sound
soundlessness.
- noun a state of peace and quiet
tranquility; quietude; tranquillity.
- noun the property of making no sound
- worthiness3/5
worthiness
- noun the quality or state of having merit or value
- noun the quality or state of having merit or value
- blessedness3/5
blessedness
- noun a state of supreme happiness
beatitude; beatification.
- noun a state of supreme happiness
- inventiveness3/5
inventiveness
- noun the power of creative imagination
ingeniousness; cleverness; ingenuity.
- noun the power of creative imagination
- ineffectiveness3/5
ineffectiveness
- noun lacking the power to be effective
ineffectuality; ineffectualness.
- noun lacking the power to be effective
- pervasiveness3/5
pervasiveness
- noun the quality of filling or spreading throughout
- the pervasiveness of the odor of cabbage in tenement hallways
- noun the quality of filling or spreading throughout
- suddenness3/5
suddenness
- noun the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
precipitateness; abruptness; precipitance; precipitancy; precipitousness.
- noun the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
- skewness3/5
skewness
- noun an oblique or slanting asymmetry
lopsidedness.
- noun an oblique or slanting asymmetry
- handedness3/5
handedness
- noun the property of using one hand more than the other
laterality.
- noun the property of using one hand more than the other
- steadiness3/5
steadiness
- noun freedom from wavering or indecision; constancy of resolve or conduct
- He trusted her clear steadiness that she would do what she said
- noun the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place
firmness.
- noun freedom from wavering or indecision; constancy of resolve or conduct
- hardiness3/5
hardiness
- noun the property of being strong and healthy in constitution
robustness; validity; lustiness.
- noun the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
boldness; daring; hardihood.
- the proposal required great boldness
- the plan required great hardiness of heart
- noun the property of being strong and healthy in constitution
- conscientiousness3/5
conscientiousness
- noun the quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience
- noun the trait of being painstaking and careful
painstakingness.
- noun the quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience
- strictness3/5
strictness
- noun conscientious attention to rules and details
stringency.
- noun uncompromising resolution
sternness.
- noun conscientious attention to rules and details
- selflessness3/5
selflessness
- noun the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
altruism.
- noun acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity
self-sacrifice.
- noun the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
- fierceness3/5
fierceness
- noun the property of being wild or turbulent
fury; violence; furiousness; wildness; vehemence; ferocity.
- the storm's violence
- noun the property of being wild or turbulent
- exclusiveness3/5
exclusiveness
- noun tendency to associate with only a select group
cliquishness; clannishness.
- noun tendency to associate with only a select group
- shrewdness3/5
shrewdness
- noun intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
perspicaciousness; astuteness; perspicacity.
- noun intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
- vagueness3/5
vagueness
- noun unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning
- the Conservative manifesto is a model of vagueness
- these terms were used with a vagueness that suggested little or no thought about what each might convey
- noun indistinctness of shape or character
- the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner
- noun unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning
- mindfulness3/5
mindfulness
- noun the trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities
heedfulness.
- noun the trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities
- truthfulness3/5
truthfulness
- noun the quality of being truthful
- noun the quality of being truthful
- forgetfulness3/5
forgetfulness
- noun tendency to forget
- noun unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember
- his forgetfulness increased as he grew older
- noun tendency to forget
- gladness3/5
gladness
- noun experiencing joy and pleasure
gladfulness; gladsomeness.
- noun experiencing joy and pleasure
- godliness3/5
godliness
- noun piety by virtue of being a godly person
- noun piety by virtue of being a godly person
- sinfulness3/5
sinfulness
- noun estrangement from god
sin; wickedness.
- noun estrangement from god
- neatness3/5
neatness
- noun the state of being neat and smart and trim
spruceness.
- noun the trait of being neat and orderly
tidiness.
- noun the state of being neat and smart and trim
- meekness3/5
meekness
- noun the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness
submission.
- noun a disposition to be patient and long suffering
subduedness.
- noun the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness
- resourcefulness3/5
resourcefulness
- noun the quality of being able to cope with a difficult situation
- a man of great resourcefulness
- noun the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems
imagination; resource.
- a man of resource
- noun the quality of being able to cope with a difficult situation
- defensiveness3/5
defensiveness
- noun excessive sensitivity to criticism
- his defensiveness was manifested in hurt silence
- the fear of being sued for malpractice has magnified physicians' defensiveness
- noun excessive sensitivity to criticism
- thankfulness3/5
thankfulness
- noun warm friendly feelings of gratitude
appreciativeness; gratefulness.
- noun warm friendly feelings of gratitude
- ruthlessness3/5
ruthlessness
- noun mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity
pitilessness.
- noun feelings of extreme heartlessness
pitilessness; mercilessness; cruelty.
- noun mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity
- definiteness3/5
definiteness
- noun the quality of being predictable with great confidence
determinateness.
- noun the quality of being predictable with great confidence
- watchfulness3/5
watchfulness
- noun the process of paying close and continuous attention
vigilance; alertness; wakefulness.
- wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter
- vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue
- noun vigilant attentiveness
vigilance; weather eye.
- he keeps a weather eye open for trouble
- noun the process of paying close and continuous attention
- covetousness3/5
covetousness
- noun an envious eagerness to possess something
- noun extreme greed for material wealth
avarice; cupidity; avariciousness.
- noun an envious eagerness to possess something
- shyness3/5
shyness
- noun a feeling of fear of embarrassment
- noun a feeling of fear of embarrassment
- baroness3/5
baroness
- noun a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron
- noun a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron
- arbitrariness3/5
arbitrariness
- noun the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
whimsy; whimsicality; capriciousness; whimsey; flightiness.
- I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory
- noun the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
- wariness3/5
wariness
- noun the trait of being cautious and watchful
chariness.
- noun the trait of being cautious and watchful
- togetherness3/5
togetherness
- noun affectionate closeness
- togetherness is the new wonder ingredient in marriage
- noun affectionate closeness
- mindedness3/5
mindedness
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- fulness3/5
fulness
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- jewishness3/5
jewishness
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- inclusiveness3/5
inclusiveness
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- representativeness3/5
representativeness
The quality or state of being representative. Dr. Burnet observes, that every thought is attended with conssciousness and representativeness. Spectator.
- inverness3/5
inverness
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- giftedness3/5
giftedness
The state of being gifted. Echard.
- englishness3/5
- ripeness2/5
ripeness
- noun the state of being ripe
- verb cause to ripen or develop fully
ripen; mature.
- The sun ripens the fruit
- Age matures a good wine
- noun the state of being ripe
- coarseness2/5
coarseness
- noun language or humor that is down-to-earth
saltiness.
- the saltiness of their language was inappropriate
- self-parody and saltiness riddled their core genre
- noun the quality of being composed of relatively large particles
graininess; granularity.
- noun language or humor that is down-to-earth
- looseness2/5
looseness
- noun frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
looseness of the bowels; diarrhea; diarrhoea.
- noun freedom from restraint
- the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made
- noun frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
- foreignness2/5
foreignness
- noun the quality of being alien or not native
curiousness; strangeness.
- the strangeness of a foreigner
- noun the quality of being alien or not native
- pettiness2/5
pettiness
- noun narrowness of mind or ideas or views
- noun the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
puniness; slightness; triviality.
- noun narrowness of mind or ideas or views
- queerness2/5
queerness
- noun a strange attitude or habit
crotchet; quirk; quirkiness; oddity.
- noun a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex
homosexuality; gayness; homoeroticism; homosexualism.
- noun a strange attitude or habit
- littleness2/5
littleness
- noun the property of having a relatively small size
smallness.
- noun the property of having relatively little strength or vigor
smallness.
- the smallness of her voice
- noun the property of having a relatively small size
- aimlessness2/5
aimlessness
- noun the quality of lacking any definite purpose
purposelessness.
- noun the quality of lacking any definite purpose
- compactness2/5
compactness
- noun the spatial property of being crowded together
concentration; tightness; denseness; density.
- noun the consistency of a compact solid
- noun the spatial property of being crowded together
- liveliness2/5
liveliness
- noun general activity and motion
animation.
- noun animation and energy in action or expression
life; sprightliness; spirit.
- it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it
- noun general activity and motion
- meaninglessness2/5
meaninglessness
- noun a message that seems to convey no meaning
bunk; hokum; nonsense; nonsensicality.
- noun the quality of having no value or significance
- he resented the meaninglessness of the tasks they assigned him
- noun a message that seems to convey no meaning
- inwardness2/5
inwardness
- noun the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
kernel; substance; center; centre; nitty-gritty; essence; sum; meat; heart; pith; nub; heart and soul; core; marrow; gist.
- the gist of the prosecutor's argument
- the heart and soul of the Republican Party
- the nub of the story
- noun preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values
- the sensitiveness of James's characters, their seeming inwardness
- inwardness is what an Englishman quite simply has, painlessly, as a birthright
- noun the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- fatness2/5
fatness
- noun excess bodily weight
blubber; avoirdupois; fat.
- she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others
- noun excess bodily weight
- uprightness2/5
uprightness
- noun the property of being upright in posture
erectness.
- noun position at right angles to the horizon
erectness; verticality; verticalness.
- noun the property of being upright in posture
- obviousness2/5
obviousness
- noun the property of being easy to see and understand
noticeability; patency; noticeableness.
- noun the property of being easy to see and understand
- ordinariness2/5
ordinariness
- noun the quality of being commonplace and ordinary
mundaneness; mundanity.
- noun the quality of being commonplace and ordinary
- unfitness2/5
unfitness
- noun poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)
softness.
- noun lacking the power to perform
inability.
- noun poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)
- fastness2/5
fastness
- noun a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
speed; swiftness.
- the project advanced with gratifying speed
- noun the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
secureness; fixity; fixedness; fixture.
- noun a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
- slenderness2/5
slenderness
- noun the quality of being slight or inadequate
- he knew the slenderness of my wallet
- the slenderness of the chances that anything would be done
- the slenderness of the evidence
- noun relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
thinness; tenuity.
- the tenuity of a hair
- the thinness of a rope
- noun the quality of being slight or inadequate
- lowliness2/5
lowliness
- noun the state of being humble and unimportant
obscureness; humbleness; unimportance.
- noun a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation
low status; lowness.
- noun the state of being humble and unimportant
- humbleness2/5
humbleness
- noun the state of being humble and unimportant
obscureness; unimportance; lowliness.
- noun a humble feeling
humility.
- he was filled with humility at the sight of the Pope
- noun the state of being humble and unimportant
- rawness2/5
rawness
- noun a chilly dampness
- the rawness of the midnight air
- noun the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect
incompleteness.
- the study was criticized for incompleteness of data but it stimulated further research
- the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable
- noun a chilly dampness
- wastefulness2/5
wastefulness
- noun the trait of wasting resources
thriftlessness; waste.
- a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste
- the wastefulness of missed opportunities
- noun useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
dissipation; waste.
- if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste
- mindless dissipation of natural resources
- noun the trait of wasting resources
- spiritedness2/5
spiritedness
- noun quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
vivification; animation; brio; invigoration.
- noun quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
- fixedness2/5
fixedness
- noun remaining in place
stationariness; immobility.
- noun the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
secureness; fixity; fixture; fastness.
- noun remaining in place
- solitariness2/5
solitariness
- noun the state of being alone in solitary isolation
loneliness.
- noun a disposition toward being alone
aloneness; loneliness; lonesomeness.
- noun the state of being alone in solitary isolation
- sinlessness2/5
sinlessness
- noun the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
whiteness; purity; innocence; pureness.
- noun the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
- peevishness2/5
peevishness
- noun an irritable petulant feeling
irritability; choler; crossness; fretfulness; petulance; fussiness.
- noun a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
irritability; biliousness; pettishness; surliness; snappishness; temper.
- his temper was well known to all his employees
- noun an irritable petulant feeling
- lameness2/5
lameness
- noun disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
claudication; gameness; limping; gimpiness; gimp.
- noun an imperfection or defectiveness
- a stylist noted for the lameness of his plots
- noun disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
- maleness2/5
maleness
- noun the properties characteristic of the male sex
masculinity.
- noun the properties characteristic of the male sex
- orderliness2/5
orderliness
- noun the quality of appreciating method and system
methodicalness.
- noun a condition of regular or proper arrangement
order.
- he put his desk in order
- the machine is now in working order
- noun the quality of appreciating method and system
- roundness2/5
roundness
- noun the fullness of a tone of voice
rotundity.
- there is a musky roundness to his wordiness
- noun the quality of being round numbers
- he gave us the results in round numbers, but their roundness didn't affect the point he was making
- noun the fullness of a tone of voice
- barrenness2/5
barrenness
- noun the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children
- noun the quality of yielding nothing of value
fruitlessness; aridity.
- noun the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children
- dangerousness2/5
dangerousness
- noun the quality of not being safe
- noun the quality of not being safe
- fruitfulness2/5
fruitfulness
- noun the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
fecundity.
- noun the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination
fecundity.
- noun the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
- lawfulness2/5
lawfulness
- noun the quality of conforming to law
- noun the quality of conforming to law
- humanness2/5
humanness
- noun the quality of being human
manhood; humanity.
- he feared the speedy decline of all manhood
- noun the quality of being human
- keenness2/5
keenness
- noun a quick and penetrating intelligence
sharpness; acuteness; acuity.
- he argued with great acuteness
- I admired the keenness of his mind
- noun a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
avidity; avidness; eagerness.
- noun a quick and penetrating intelligence
- uselessness2/5
uselessness
- noun the quality of having no practical use
unusefulness; inutility.
- noun the quality of having no practical use
- steepness2/5
steepness
- noun the property possessed by a slope that is very steep
abruptness; precipitousness.
- noun the property possessed by a slope that is very steep
- feebleness2/5
feebleness
- noun the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
valetudinarianism; debility; frailness; frailty; infirmity.
- noun the quality of lacking intensity or substance
tenuity.
- a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- noun the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
- wrongness2/5
wrongness
- noun inappropriate conduct
inappropriateness.
- noun contrary to conscience or morality
- noun inappropriate conduct
- pleasantness2/5
pleasantness
- noun the feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling
- noun the quality of giving pleasure
sweetness.
- he was charmed by the sweetness of her manner
- the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day
- noun the feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling
- plainness2/5
plainness
- noun the state of being unmixed with other material
- the plainness of vanilla ice cream
- noun clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous
perspicuity; perspicuousness.
- noun the state of being unmixed with other material
- unfaithfulness2/5
unfaithfulness
- noun the quality of being unfaithful
infidelity.
- noun the quality of being unfaithful
- precariousness2/5
precariousness
- noun extreme dangerousness
- noun being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
uncertainty; uncertainness.
- the uncertainty of the outcome
- the precariousness of his income
- noun extreme dangerousness
- hollowness2/5
hollowness
- noun the state of being hollow: having an empty space within
- noun the property of having a sunken area
- noun the state of being hollow: having an empty space within
- abruptness2/5
abruptness
- noun an abrupt discourteous manner
shortness; curtness; gruffness; brusqueness.
- noun the property possessed by a slope that is very steep
steepness; precipitousness.
- noun an abrupt discourteous manner
- femaleness2/5
femaleness
- noun the properties characteristic of the female sex
feminineness.
- noun the properties characteristic of the female sex
- youthfulness2/5
youthfulness
- noun the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person
youth; juvenility.
- noun the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person
- interrelatedness2/5
interrelatedness
- noun mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness
interrelationship; interrelation.
- interrelationships of animal structure and function
- noun mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness
- absoluteness2/5
absoluteness
- noun the quality of being complete or utter or extreme
starkness; utterness.
- the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections
- noun the quality of being absolute
- the absoluteness of the pope's decree could not be challenged
- noun the quality of being complete or utter or extreme
- finiteness2/5
finiteness
- noun the quality of being finite
boundedness; finitude.
- noun the quality of being finite
- bluntness2/5
bluntness
- noun the quality of being direct and outspoken
- the bluntness of a Yorkshireman
- noun without sharpness or clearness of edge or point
dullness.
- the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible
- noun the quality of being direct and outspoken
- greenness2/5
greenness
- noun the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation
verdancy; verdure.
- noun the state of not being ripe
- noun the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation
- weightlessness2/5
weightlessness
- noun the property of being comparatively small in weight
lightness.
- the lightness of balsa wood
- noun the property of being comparatively small in weight
- falseness2/5
falseness
- noun the state of being false or untrue
falsity.
- argument could not determine its truth or falsity
- noun unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
inconstancy; faithlessness; fickleness.
- noun the state of being false or untrue
- riskiness2/5
riskiness
- noun a state of danger involving risk
peril.
- noun a state of danger involving risk
- straightness2/5
straightness
- noun (of hair) lack of a tendency to curl
- noun freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles
- noun (of hair) lack of a tendency to curl
- prettiness2/5
prettiness
- noun the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman)
cuteness.
- noun the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman)
- cleanness2/5
cleanness
- noun the state of being clean; without dirt or other impurities
- noun without moral defects
- noun the state of being clean; without dirt or other impurities
- childishness2/5
childishness
- noun a property characteristic of a child
puerility.
- noun a property characteristic of a child
- sightedness2/5
sightedness
- noun normal use of the faculty of vision
seeing; eyesight.
- noun normal use of the faculty of vision
- cloudiness2/5
cloudiness
- noun the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
cloud cover; overcast.
- noun gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover
overcast.
- noun the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
- liveness2/5
liveness
- noun the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life
animateness; aliveness.
- verb make lively
enliven; liven; animate; liven up; invigorate.
- let's liven up this room a bit
- noun the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life
- weirdness2/5
weirdness
- noun strikingly out of the ordinary
outlandishness; bizarreness.
- noun strikingly out of the ordinary
- messiness2/5
messiness
- noun a state of confusion and disorderliness
mess; muss; mussiness.
- the house was a mess
- she smoothed the mussiness of the bed
- noun the trait of being untidy and messy
untidiness.
- noun a state of confusion and disorderliness
- slackness2/5
slackness
- noun weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
inanition; lethargy; lassitude.
- noun the quality of being loose (not taut)
slack.
- he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope
- noun weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
- unresponsiveness2/5
unresponsiveness
- noun the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events
deadness.
- she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident
- in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away
- noun the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events
- boundedness2/5
boundedness
- noun the quality of being finite
finiteness; finitude.
- noun the quality of being finite
- protectiveness2/5
protectiveness
- noun a feeling of protective affection
- noun the quality of providing protection
- statistical evidence for the protectiveness of vaccination
- noun a feeling of protective affection
- productiveness2/5
productiveness
- noun the quality of being productive or having the power to produce
productivity.
- noun the quality of being productive or having the power to produce
- ruggedness2/5
ruggedness
- noun the property of being big and strong
huskiness; toughness.
- noun the quality of being topologically uneven
- the ruggedness of the mountains
- noun the property of being big and strong
- unsteadiness2/5
unsteadiness
- noun the quality of not being steady or securely fixed in place
ricketiness.
- noun the quality of being unsteady--varying and unpredictable
- noun the quality of not being steady or securely fixed in place
- neediness2/5
neediness
- noun a state of extreme poverty
deprivation; want; privation.
- noun the quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree
- he recognized her neediness but had no time to respond to it
- noun a state of extreme poverty
- expansiveness2/5
expansiveness
- noun a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand
expansivity.
- the expansiveness of their extravagant life style was soon curtailed
- noun a friendly open trait of a talkative person
effusiveness; expansivity.
- noun a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand
- listlessness2/5
listlessness
- noun a feeling of lack of interest or energy
languor; lassitude.
- noun inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy
torpor; torpidity; torpidness.
- noun a feeling of lack of interest or energy
- deadness2/5
deadness
- noun the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events
unresponsiveness.
- she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident
- in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away
- noun the physical property of something that has lost its elasticity
- he objected to the deadness of the tennis balls
- noun the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events
- loftiness2/5
loftiness
- noun the quality of being high or lofty
highness.
- noun impressiveness in scale or proportion
stateliness; majesty.
- noun the quality of being high or lofty
- grossness2/5
grossness
- noun the quality of lacking taste and refinement
coarseness; commonness; raunch; vulgarity; vulgarism.
- noun the quality of lacking taste and refinement
- voluptuousness2/5
voluptuousness
- noun the quality of being attractive and exciting (especially sexually exciting)
hot stuff.
- he thought she was really hot stuff
- noun the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses
lushness; luxuriance.
- noun the quality of being attractive and exciting (especially sexually exciting)
- aliveness2/5
aliveness
- noun the condition of living or the state of being alive
living; life; animation.
- while there's life there's hope
- life depends on many chemical and physical processes
- noun the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life
animateness; liveness.
- noun the condition of living or the state of being alive
- picturesqueness2/5
picturesqueness
- noun the quality of being strikingly expressive or vivid
- noun visually vivid and pleasing
- noun the quality of being strikingly expressive or vivid
- forcefulness2/5
forcefulness
- noun physical energy or intensity
force; strength.
- he hit with all the force he could muster
- it was destroyed by the strength of the gale
- a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man
- noun physical energy or intensity
- gracefulness2/5
gracefulness
- noun beautiful carriage
- noun beautiful carriage
- easiness2/5
easiness
- noun a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry
relaxation.
- the easiness we feel when sleeping
- noun freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
simplicity; ease; simpleness.
- he rose through the ranks with apparent ease
- they put it into containers for ease of transportation
- the very easiness of the deed held her back
- noun a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry
- adroitness2/5
adroitness
- noun skillful performance or ability without difficulty
quickness; deftness; adeptness; facility.
- his quick adeptness was a product of good design
- he was famous for his facility as an archer
- noun skillful performance or ability without difficulty
- vileness2/5
vileness
- noun the quality of being wicked
ugliness; nefariousness; wickedness.
- noun the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
loathsomeness; lousiness; repulsiveness; sliminess; wickedness.
- the vileness of his language surprised us
- noun the quality of being wicked
- awfulness2/5
awfulness
- noun a quality of extreme unpleasantness
dreadfulness; horridness; terribleness.
- noun a quality of extreme unpleasantness
- heartiness2/5
heartiness
- noun active strength of body or mind
vigor; vigour; dynamism.
- noun the quality of hearty sincerity
wholeheartedness.
- noun active strength of body or mind
- sloppiness2/5
sloppiness
- noun the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water
wateriness; muddiness.
- the baseball game was canceled because of the wateriness of the outfield
- the water's muddiness made it undrinkable
- the sloppiness of a rainy November day
- noun a lack of order and tidiness; not cared for
unkemptness; slovenliness.
- noun the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water
- comeliness2/5
comeliness
- noun the quality of being good looking and attractive
beauteousness; loveliness; fairness.
- noun the quality of being good looking and attractive
- tenseness2/5
tenseness
- noun the physical condition of being stretched or strained
tension; tautness; tensity.
- it places great tension on the leg muscles
- he could feel the tenseness of her body
- noun (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
tension; stress.
- he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension
- stress is a vasoconstrictor
- noun the physical condition of being stretched or strained
- humaneness2/5
humaneness
- noun the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals)
- noun the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals)
- grayness2/5
grayness
- noun a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
gray; greyness; grey.
- noun a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
- commonness2/5
commonness
- noun the state of being that is commonly observed
expectedness.
- noun the quality of lacking taste and refinement
coarseness; raunch; vulgarity; vulgarism; grossness.
- noun the state of being that is commonly observed
- specialness2/5
specialness
- noun a distinguishing trait
peculiarity; distinctiveness; speciality; specialty.
- noun the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance
particularity.
- the particularity of human situations
- noun a distinguishing trait
- unexpectedness2/5
unexpectedness
- noun extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected
surprisingness.
- the unexpectedness of the warm welcome
- noun extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected
- discreteness2/5
discreteness
- noun the state of being several and distinct
severalty; separateness; distinctness.
- noun the state of being several and distinct
- wholesomeness2/5
wholesomeness
- noun the quality of being beneficial and generally good for you
- noun the quality of being beneficial and generally good for you
- impressiveness2/5
impressiveness
- noun splendid or imposing in size or appearance
magnificence; grandness; richness.
- the grandness of the architecture
- impressed by the richness of the flora
- noun the quality of making a strong or vivid impression on the mind
- noun splendid or imposing in size or appearance
- creativeness2/5
creativeness
- noun the ability to create
creative thinking; creativity.
- noun the ability to create
- hiddenness2/5
hiddenness
- noun the state of being covert and hidden
covertness.
- noun the state of being covert and hidden
- realness2/5
realness
- noun the state of being actual or real
realism; reality.
- the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him
- noun the state of being actual or real
- quaintness2/5
quaintness
- noun the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned; its quaintness was appealing"
- she liked the old cottage
- noun strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned
- some words in her dialect had a charming quaintness
- noun the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned; its quaintness was appealing"
- restrictiveness2/5
restrictiveness
- noun a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat')
- noun a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits
unpermissiveness.
- noun a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat')
- stinginess2/5
stinginess
- noun a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money
- noun a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money
- sparseness2/5
sparseness
- noun the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness
sparsity; thinness; spareness.
- noun the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness
- leanness2/5
leanness
- noun the quality of being meager
scantiness; exiguity; meagreness; scantness; poorness; meagerness.
- an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot
- noun the property of having little body fat
thinness; spareness.
- noun the quality of being meager
- sourness2/5
sourness
- noun the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
tartness; sour.
- noun the property of being acidic
sour; acidity.
- noun the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
- perceptiveness2/5
perceptiveness
- noun a feeling of understanding
insight; perceptivity.
- noun delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
taste; appreciation; discernment.
- arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success
- to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste
- noun a feeling of understanding
- neighborliness2/5
neighborliness
- noun a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors
good-neighborliness; neighbourliness; good-neighbourliness.
- noun a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors
- incorrectness2/5
incorrectness
- noun lack of conformity to social expectations
- noun the quality of not conforming to fact or truth
wrongness.
- noun lack of conformity to social expectations
- outspokenness2/5
outspokenness
- noun the trait of being blunt and outspoken
frankness.
- noun the trait of being blunt and outspoken
- knowingness2/5
knowingness
- noun having knowledge of
cognisance; consciousness; awareness; cognizance.
- he had no awareness of his mistakes
- his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced
- their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive
- noun shrewdness demonstrated by knowledge
- noun having knowledge of
- beingness2/5
beingness
- noun the state or fact of existing
being; existence.
- a point of view gradually coming into being
- laws in existence for centuries
- noun the state or fact of existing
- deftness2/5
deftness
- noun skillful performance or ability without difficulty
quickness; adeptness; adroitness; facility.
- his quick adeptness was a product of good design
- he was famous for his facility as an archer
- noun skillful performance or ability without difficulty
- senselessness2/5
senselessness
- noun total lack of meaning or ideas
pointlessness; vacuity; mindlessness; inanity.
- noun total lack of meaning or ideas
- ineptness2/5
ineptness
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
awkwardness; ineptitude; maladroitness; clumsiness; slowness.
- noun the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose
unsuitableness; unsuitability.
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
- everydayness2/5
everydayness
- noun ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace
commonness; commonplaceness.
- noun ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace
- healthiness2/5
healthiness
- noun the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease
good health.
- noun the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease
- greyness2/5
greyness
- noun a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
grayness; gray; grey.
- noun a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
- adhesiveness2/5
adhesiveness
- noun the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
adhesion; bond; adherence.
- the mutual adhesiveness of cells
- a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion
- noun the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
- stuffiness2/5
stuffiness
- noun state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat
- noun the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
closeness.
- noun state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat
- saltiness2/5
saltiness
- noun language or humor that is down-to-earth
coarseness.
- the saltiness of their language was inappropriate
- self-parody and saltiness riddled their core genre
- noun the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
salt; salinity.
- noun language or humor that is down-to-earth
- untidiness2/5
untidiness
- noun the condition of being untidy
- noun the trait of being untidy and messy
messiness.
- noun the condition of being untidy
- shabbiness2/5
shabbiness
- noun a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing
manginess; seediness; sleaziness.
- noun an unjust act
unfairness; iniquity; injustice.
- noun a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing
- unlawfulness2/5
unlawfulness
- noun the quality of failing to conform to law
- noun the quality of failing to conform to law
- starkness2/5
starkness
- noun the quality of being complete or utter or extreme
absoluteness; utterness.
- the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections
- noun an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation
bareness.
- I was struck by the starkness of my father's room
- noun the quality of being complete or utter or extreme
- positiveness2/5
positiveness
- noun the character of the positive electric pole
positivity.
- noun a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness
positivity; positivism.
- noun the character of the positive electric pole
- neighbourliness2/5
neighbourliness
- noun a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors
good-neighborliness; neighborliness; good-neighbourliness.
- noun a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors
- defectiveness2/5
defectiveness
- noun the state of being defective
faultiness.
- noun the state of being defective
- mindlessness2/5
mindlessness
- noun total lack of meaning or ideas
pointlessness; vacuity; senselessness; inanity.
- noun the trait of acting rashly and without prudence
heedlessness; rashness.
- noun total lack of meaning or ideas
- lavishness2/5
lavishness
- noun the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive
sumptuousness; luxury; sumptuosity.
- noun excessive spending
high life; extravagance; highlife; prodigality.
- noun the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive
- semidarkness2/5
semidarkness
- noun partial darkness
- noun partial darkness
- homeliness2/5
homeliness
- noun having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance
drabness; dowdiness.
- noun an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful
plainness.
- fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness
- noun having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance
- cuteness2/5
cuteness
- noun the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman)
prettiness.
- noun the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman)
- pointlessness2/5
pointlessness
- noun total lack of meaning or ideas
vacuity; senselessness; mindlessness; inanity.
- noun total lack of meaning or ideas
- transitoriness2/5
transitoriness
- noun an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
transience; transiency.
- noun an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
- laxness2/5
laxness
- noun the quality of being lax and neglectful
slackness; remissness; laxity.
- noun the condition of being physiologically lax
laxity.
- baths can help the laxness of the bowels
- noun the quality of being lax and neglectful
- opaqueness2/5
opaqueness
- noun incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning
opacity.
- noun the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light
opacity.
- noun incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning
- staleness2/5
staleness
- noun unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed
triteness.
- noun having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging
- noun unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed
- dirtiness2/5
dirtiness
- noun the state of being unsanitary
uncleanness.
- noun the state of containing dirty impurities
- noun the state of being unsanitary
- crookedness2/5
crookedness
- noun a tortuous and twisted shape or position
tortuousness; contortion; tortuosity; torsion.
- they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs
- the acrobat performed incredible contortions
- noun having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles
- noun a tortuous and twisted shape or position
- unnaturalness2/5
unnaturalness
- noun the quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles
- noun the quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles
- imperviousness2/5
imperviousness
- noun the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.)
impenetrability.
- noun the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.)
- expertness2/5
expertness
- noun skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge
expertise.
- noun skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge
- waviness2/5
waviness
- noun (of hair) a tendency to curl
curliness.
- noun unevenness produced by waves or wrinkles
- noun (of hair) a tendency to curl
- terseness2/5
terseness
- noun a neatly short and concise expressive style
- noun a neatly short and concise expressive style
- shakiness2/5
shakiness
- noun a shaky motion
quiver; quivering; vibration; palpitation; trembling; shaking.
- the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe
- noun the quality of being unstable and insecure
- the shakiness of the present regime
- noun a shaky motion
- licentiousness2/5
licentiousness
- noun the quality of being lewd and lascivious
wantonness.
- noun dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
dissipation; dissolution; looseness; profligacy.
- noun the quality of being lewd and lascivious
- concreteness2/5
concreteness
- noun the quality of being concrete (not abstract)
- noun the quality of being concrete (not abstract)
- lateness2/5
lateness
- noun quality of coming late or later in time
- noun quality of coming late or later in time
- tardiness2/5
tardiness
- noun the quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual or expected time
- noun the quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual or expected time
- helpfulness2/5
helpfulness
- noun the property of providing useful assistance
- noun friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition
kindliness.
- noun the property of providing useful assistance
- clumsiness2/5
clumsiness
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
ineptness; awkwardness; ineptitude; maladroitness; slowness.
- noun the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
awkwardness.
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
- aloofness2/5
aloofness
- noun indifference by personal withdrawal
distance.
- emotional distance
- noun a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner
withdrawnness; remoteness; standoffishness.
- noun indifference by personal withdrawal
- sleeplessness2/5
sleeplessness
- noun a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep
wakefulness.
- accept your wakefulness and sleep in its own contrary way is more likely to come
- noun a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep
- fearlessness2/5
fearlessness
- noun feeling no fear
bravery.
- noun the trait of feeling no fear
- noun feeling no fear
- dimness2/5
dimness
- noun the state of being poorly illuminated
duskiness.
- noun the property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity
subduedness.
- noun the state of being poorly illuminated
- marchioness2/5
marchioness
- noun the wife or widow of a marquis
- noun a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess
marquise.
- noun the wife or widow of a marquis
- rashness2/5
rashness
- noun the trait of acting rashly and without prudence
heedlessness; mindlessness.
- noun the trait of giving little thought to danger
foolhardiness; recklessness.
- noun the trait of acting rashly and without prudence
- timelessness2/5
timelessness
- noun a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife
eternity; timeless existence.
- noun a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife
- unrighteousness2/5
unrighteousness
- noun failure to adhere to moral principles
- forgave us our sins and cleansed us of all unrighteousness
- noun failure to adhere to moral principles
- promptness2/5
promptness
- noun the characteristic of doing things without delay
promptitude.
- noun the quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time
punctuality.
- noun the characteristic of doing things without delay
- acuteness2/5
acuteness
- noun a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed
- dogs have a remarkable acuteness of smell
- noun a quick and penetrating intelligence
keenness; sharpness; acuity.
- he argued with great acuteness
- I admired the keenness of his mind
- noun a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed
- persuasiveness2/5
persuasiveness
- noun the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty
strength.
- the strength of his argument settled the matter
- noun the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty
- graciousness2/5
graciousness
- noun excellence of manners or social conduct
- noun the quality of being kind and gentle
benignity; benignancy.
- noun excellence of manners or social conduct
- unworthiness2/5
unworthiness
- noun the quality or state of lacking merit or value
- noun the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting
inappropriateness.
- he retracted nothing that he had said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person
- his praise released from her loud protestations of her unworthiness
- noun the quality or state of lacking merit or value
- craziness2/5
craziness
- noun informal terms for insanity
flakiness; daftness.
- noun the quality of being rash and foolish
folly; madness; foolishness.
- trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly
- adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness
- noun informal terms for insanity
- cheapness2/5
cheapness
- noun a price below the standard price
cut price; cut rate; bargain rate.
- noun tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
tat; tackiness; sleaze.
- noun a price below the standard price
- stickiness2/5
stickiness
- noun the property of sticking to a surface
- noun the property of sticking to a surface
- decisiveness2/5
decisiveness
- noun the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose
decision.
- a man of unusual decisiveness
- noun the quality of being final or definitely settled
finality; conclusiveness.
- the finality of death
- noun the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose
- peacefulness2/5
peacefulness
- noun a state that is calm and tranquil
peaceableness.
- noun the absence of mental stress or anxiety
peace; ataraxis; repose; serenity; heartsease; peace of mind.
- noun a state that is calm and tranquil
- unevenness2/5
unevenness
- noun the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity
variability.
- noun the quality of being unbalanced
- noun the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity
- fuzziness2/5
fuzziness
- noun the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines
softness; indistinctness; blurriness; fogginess.
- noun the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines
- aloneness2/5
aloneness
- noun a disposition toward being alone
solitariness; loneliness; lonesomeness.
- noun a disposition toward being alone
- proneness2/5
proneness
- noun being disposed to do something
- accident proneness
- noun being disposed to do something
- hopefulness2/5
hopefulness
- noun full of hope
- noun the feeling you have when you have hope
- noun full of hope
- unselfishness2/5
unselfishness
- noun the quality of not putting yourself first but being willing to give your time or money or effort etc. for others
- rural people show more devotion and unselfishness than do their urban cousins
- noun acting generously
generosity.
- noun the quality of not putting yourself first but being willing to give your time or money or effort etc. for others
- patroness2/5
patroness
- noun a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron
patronne.
- noun a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron
- faintness2/5
faintness
- noun a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon
- noun the property of being without strength
- the faintness or potency of the feeling
- noun a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon
- shallowness2/5
shallowness
- noun lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling
superficiality.
- noun the quality of lacking physical depth
- take into account the shallowness at that end of the pool before you dive
- noun lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling
- bigness2/5
bigness
- noun the property of having a relatively great size
largeness.
- noun the property of having a relatively great size
- innovativeness2/5
innovativeness
- noun originality by virtue of introducing new ideas
- noun originality by virtue of introducing new ideas
- religiousness2/5
religiousness
- noun piety by virtue of being devout
devoutness.
- noun the quality of being extremely conscientious
- his care in observing the rules of good health amounted to a kind of religiousness
- noun piety by virtue of being devout
- paleness2/5
paleness
- noun unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
pallor; lividity; achromasia; luridness; wanness; pallidness; lividness.
- noun the property of having a naturally light complexion
blondness; fairness.
- noun unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
- agreeableness2/5
agreeableness
- noun pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions
amenity.
- a well trained staff saw to the agreeableness of our accommodations
- he discovered the amenities of reading at an early age
- noun a temperamental disposition to be agreeable
agreeability.
- noun pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions
- explicitness2/5
explicitness
- noun clarity as a consequence of being explicit
- noun clarity as a consequence of being explicit
- sternness2/5
sternness
- noun the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding
- the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable
- noun uncompromising resolution
strictness.
- noun the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding
- giddiness2/5
giddiness
- noun an impulsive scatterbrained manner
silliness.
- noun a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
dizziness; vertigo; lightheadedness.
- noun an impulsive scatterbrained manner
- evenness2/5
evenness
- noun the parity of even numbers (divisible by two)
- noun a quality of uniformity and lack of variation
invariability.
- noun the parity of even numbers (divisible by two)
- rebelliousness2/5
rebelliousness
- noun intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude
defiance.
- noun an insubordinate act
insubordination.
- noun intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude
- largeness2/5
largeness
- noun the capacity to understand a broad range of topics
breadth; comprehensiveness.
- a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject
- a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views
- noun large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness
extensiveness.
- the might have repercussions of unimaginable largeness
- the very extensiveness of his power was a temptation to abuse it
- noun the capacity to understand a broad range of topics
- busyness2/5
busyness
- noun the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity
hum.
- they manifested all the busyness of a pack of beavers
- there is a constant hum of military preparation
- noun the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity
- inappropriateness2/5
inappropriateness
- noun inappropriate conduct
wrongness.
- noun the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting
unworthiness.
- he retracted nothing that he had said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person
- his praise released from her loud protestations of her unworthiness
- noun inappropriate conduct
- wantonness2/5
wantonness
- noun the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
abandon; unconstraint.
- she danced with abandon
- noun the quality of being lewd and lascivious
licentiousness.
- noun the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
- spaciousness2/5
spaciousness
- noun spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building)
commodiousness; capaciousness; roominess.
- the capaciousness of Santa's bag astounded the child
- roominess in this size car is always a compromise
- his new office lacked the spaciousness that he had become accustomed to
- noun spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building)
- willfulness2/5
willfulness
- noun the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline
unruliness; fractiousness; wilfulness.
- noun the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline
- childlessness2/5
childlessness
- noun the condition of being without offspring
- noun the condition of being without offspring
- thoughtlessness2/5
thoughtlessness
- noun the quality of failing to be considerate of others
inconsiderateness; inconsideration.
- noun the trait of not thinking carefully before acting
unthoughtfulness.
- noun the quality of failing to be considerate of others
- brittleness2/5
brittleness
- noun firm but easily broken
crispness; crispiness.
- noun firm but easily broken
- sluggishness2/5
sluggishness
- noun a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
lethargy; lassitude.
- noun the pace of things that move relatively slowly
- the sluggishness of the economy
- the sluggishness of the compass in the Arctic cold
- noun a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
- conciseness2/5
conciseness
- noun terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
pithiness; concision; succinctness.
- noun terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
- minuteness2/5
minuteness
- noun the property of being very small in size
diminutiveness; weeness; petiteness; tininess.
- hence the minuteness of detail in the painting
- noun great precision; painstaking attention to details
- he examined the essay with the greatest minuteness
- noun the property of being very small in size
- lightheadedness2/5
lightheadedness
- noun a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
giddiness; dizziness; vertigo.
- noun a frivolous lack of prudence
- noun a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
- fickleness2/5
fickleness
- noun unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
inconstancy; faithlessness; falseness.
- noun unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
- suppleness2/5
suppleness
- noun the gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple
litheness; lissomeness.
- noun the property of being pliant and flexible
pliancy; pliantness.
- noun the gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple
- bleakness2/5
bleakness
- noun a bleak and desolate atmosphere
bareness; desolation; nakedness.
- the nakedness of the landscape
- noun a bleak and desolate atmosphere
- nastiness2/5
nastiness
- noun a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
filth; filthiness; foulness.
- noun malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
spitefulness; spite; cattiness; bitchiness.
- noun a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
- justness2/5
justness
- noun conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety
nicety; rightness.
- it was performed with justness and beauty
- noun the quality of being just or fair
justice.
- noun conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety
- aptness2/5
aptness
- noun a disposition to behave in a certain way
propensity.
- the aptness of iron to rust
- the propensity of disease to spread
- noun appropriateness for the occasion
appositeness.
- the phrase had considerable aptness
- noun a disposition to behave in a certain way
- fearfulness2/5
fearfulness
- noun an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
fear; fright.
- noun the trait of being afraid
- noun an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
- smartness2/5
smartness
- noun a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
smarting; smart.
- noun intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
cleverness; brightness.
- noun a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
- faithlessness2/5
faithlessness
- noun unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
inconstancy; falseness; fickleness.
- noun unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
- abstractness2/5
abstractness
- noun the quality of being considered apart from a specific instance or object
- noun the quality of being considered apart from a specific instance or object
- astuteness2/5
astuteness
- noun intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
shrewdness; perspicaciousness; perspicacity.
- noun the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
depth; profundity; profoundness; deepness.
- noun intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
- acquisitiveness2/5
acquisitiveness
- noun strong desire to acquire and possess
- noun strong desire to acquire and possess
- indefiniteness2/5
indefiniteness
- noun the quality of being vague and poorly defined
indetermination; indeterminateness; indeterminacy; indefinity.
- noun the quality of being vague and poorly defined
- blueness2/5
blueness
- noun blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
blue.
- he had eyes of bright blue
- noun blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
- saintliness2/5
saintliness
- noun the quality of resembling a saint
- noun the quality of resembling a saint
- crispness2/5
crispness
- noun a pleasing firmness and freshness
- crispness of new dollar bills
- crispness of fresh lettuce
- noun an expressive style that is direct and to the point
- the crispness of his reply
- noun a pleasing firmness and freshness
- sensuousness2/5
sensuousness
- noun a sensuous feeling
- noun a sensuous feeling
- preciousness2/5
preciousness
- noun the quality possessed by something with a great price or value
costliness; dearness.
- noun the positive quality of being precious and beyond value
pricelessness; invaluableness; valuableness.
- noun the quality possessed by something with a great price or value
- tidiness2/5
tidiness
- noun the habit of being tidy
- noun the trait of being neat and orderly
neatness.
- noun the habit of being tidy
- rottenness2/5
rottenness
- noun in a state of progressive putrefaction
putrescence; corruption; putridness.
- noun the quality of rotting and becoming putrid
putrescence.
- noun in a state of progressive putrefaction
- indirectness2/5
indirectness
- noun having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal
- noun having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal
- foulness2/5
foulness
- noun disgusting wickedness and immorality
- he understood the foulness of sin
- his display of foulness deserved severe punishment
- mouths which speak such foulness must be cleansed
- noun a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
nastiness; filth; filthiness.
- noun disgusting wickedness and immorality
- crudeness2/5
crudeness
- noun a wild or unrefined state
rudeness; crudity; primitivism; primitiveness.
- noun an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement
gaucheness; crudity.
- the whole town was famous for its crudeness
- noun a wild or unrefined state
- niceness2/5
niceness
- noun a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage
politeness.
- noun the quality of nice
- noun a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage
- inertness2/5
inertness
- noun immobility by virtue of being inert
- noun immobility by virtue of being inert
- refractoriness2/5
refractoriness
- noun the trait of being unmanageable
recalcitrancy; unmanageableness; recalcitrance.
- noun the trait of being unmanageable
- craftiness2/5
craftiness
- noun shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
guile; craft; slyness; foxiness; wiliness; cunning.
- noun the quality of being crafty
deceitfulness; guile.
- noun shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
- bashfulness2/5
bashfulness
- noun feeling embarrassed due to modesty
abashment.
- noun feeling embarrassed due to modesty
- wilfulness2/5
wilfulness
- noun the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline
unruliness; fractiousness; willfulness.
- noun the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline
- purposefulness2/5
purposefulness
- noun the quality of having a definite purpose
sense of purpose.
- noun the quality of having a definite purpose
- grimness2/5
grimness
- noun the quality of being ghastly
gruesomeness; ghastliness; luridness.
- noun something hard to endure
hardship; rigourousness; severeness; rigor; rigorousness; rigour; asperity; severity.
- the asperity of northern winters
- noun the quality of being ghastly
- pretentiousness2/5
pretentiousness
- noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
splashiness; pompousness; ostentation; puffiness; inflation; pomposity; ostentatiousness.
- noun the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
pretension; largeness.
- noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
- shortsightedness2/5
shortsightedness
- noun (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
nearsightedness; myopia.
- noun a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources
improvidence.
- noun (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
- gayness2/5
gayness
- noun a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex
homosexuality; homoeroticism; queerness; homosexualism.
- noun a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex
- innateness2/5
innateness
- noun the quality of being innate
- noun the quality of being innate
- womanliness2/5
womanliness
- noun the trait of being womanly; having the characteristics of an adult female
womanlike.
- noun the trait of being womanly; having the characteristics of an adult female
- muteness2/5
muteness
- noun the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak
mutism.
- her muteness was a consequence of her deafness
- noun a refusal to speak when expected
silence.
- his silence about my contribution was surprising
- noun the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak
- wrongfulness2/5
wrongfulness
- noun that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law
wrong.
- he feels that you are in the wrong
- noun that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law
- oddness2/5
oddness
- noun the parity of odd numbers (not divisible by two)
- noun eccentricity that is not easily explained
oddity.
- noun the parity of odd numbers (not divisible by two)
- forwardness2/5
forwardness
- noun offensive boldness and assertiveness
pushiness; bumptiousness; cockiness.
- noun an advanced stage
- the forwardness of the harvest this year
- the arts are in no kind of forwardness in this matter
- noun offensive boldness and assertiveness
- lasciviousness2/5
lasciviousness
- noun feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
pruriency; lubricity; prurience; carnality.
- noun feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
- obtuseness2/5
obtuseness
- noun the quality of being slow to understand
dullness.
- noun the quality of lacking a sharp edge or point
- noun the quality of being slow to understand
- resoluteness2/5
resoluteness
- noun the trait of being resolute
resolve; firmness of purpose; resolution; firmness.
- his resoluteness carried him through the battle
- it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work
- noun the trait of being resolute
- stateliness2/5
stateliness
- noun an elaborate manner of doing something
- she served coffee with great stateliness
- noun impressiveness in scale or proportion
loftiness; majesty.
- noun an elaborate manner of doing something
- secretiveness2/5
secretiveness
- noun characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
closeness.
- noun the trait of keeping things secret
silence; secrecy.
- noun characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
- combativeness2/5
combativeness
- noun a militant aggressiveness
militance; militancy.
- noun a militant aggressiveness
- inattentiveness2/5
inattentiveness
- noun a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people)
heedlessness.
- noun the trait of not being considerate and thoughtful of others
- noun a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people)
- repetitiveness2/5
repetitiveness
- noun verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions
repetitiousness.
- noun verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions
- bareness2/5
bareness
- noun a bleak and desolate atmosphere
desolation; bleakness; nakedness.
- the nakedness of the landscape
- noun the state of being unclothed and exposed (especially of a part of the body)
- noun a bleak and desolate atmosphere
- filthiness2/5
filthiness
- noun a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
nastiness; filth; foulness.
- noun moral corruption or pollution
- this deformity and filthiness of sin
- noun a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
- perverseness2/5
perverseness
- noun deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
contrariness; perversity.
- noun deliberately deviating from what is good
perversity.
- there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism
- noun deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
- offensiveness2/5
offensiveness
- noun the quality of being offensive
distastefulness; odiousness.
- noun the quality of being offensive
- progressiveness2/5
progressiveness
- noun advancement toward better conditions or policies or methods
progressivity.
- noun advancement toward better conditions or policies or methods
- sullenness2/5
sullenness
- noun a gloomy ill-tempered feeling
moroseness; glumness.
- noun a sullen moody resentful disposition
sulkiness; moroseness; sourness.
- noun a gloomy ill-tempered feeling
- lowness2/5
lowness
- noun a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation
low status; lowliness.
- noun a feeling of low spirits
dejectedness; low-spiritedness; downheartedness; dispiritedness.
- he felt responsible for her lowness of spirits
- noun a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation
- unsoundness2/5
unsoundness
- noun a condition of damage or decay
- noun a misconception that is fallacious and not true or valid
- the unsoundness of his conclusion was obvious
- noun a condition of damage or decay
- extensiveness2/5
extensiveness
- noun large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness
largeness.
- the might have repercussions of unimaginable largeness
- the very extensiveness of his power was a temptation to abuse it
- noun large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness
- unlikeness2/5
unlikeness
- noun dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness
dissimilitude.
- noun dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness
- wordiness2/5
wordiness
- noun boring verbosity
prolixity; windiness; long-windedness; prolixness.
- noun boring verbosity
- primitiveness2/5
primitiveness
- noun a wild or unrefined state
crudeness; rudeness; crudity; primitivism.
- noun a wild or unrefined state
- anxiousness2/5
anxiousness
- noun (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
anxiety.
- noun a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments
disquiet.
- noun (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
- slipperiness2/5
slipperiness
- noun a slippery smoothness
slickness; slick; slip.
- he could feel the slickness of the tiller
- noun the quality of being a slippery rascal
shiftiness; rascality; trickiness.
- noun a slippery smoothness
- ingenuousness2/5
ingenuousness
- noun the quality of innocent naivete
naturalness; artlessness; innocence.
- noun openly straightforward or frank
- noun the quality of innocent naivete
- gregariousness2/5
gregariousness
- noun the quality of being gregarious--having a dislike of being alone
- noun the quality of being gregarious--having a dislike of being alone
- unruliness2/5
unruliness
- noun the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline
fractiousness; willfulness; wilfulness.
- noun the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline
- massiveness2/5
massiveness
- noun an unwieldy largeness
bulkiness.
- noun the property of being large in mass
ponderousness; heft; heftiness; ponderosity.
- noun an unwieldy largeness
- nearsightedness2/5
nearsightedness
- noun (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
myopia; shortsightedness.
- noun (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
- farsightedness2/5
farsightedness
- noun a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45
presbyopia.
- noun abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects
hypermetropia; hypermetropy; hyperopia; longsightedness.
- noun a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45
- dumbness2/5
dumbness
- noun the quality of being mentally slow and limited
denseness; slow-wittedness.
- noun the quality of being mentally slow and limited
- costliness2/5
costliness
- noun the quality possessed by something with a great price or value
preciousness; dearness.
- noun the quality possessed by something with a great price or value
- chilliness2/5
chilliness
- noun the property of being moderately cold
coolness; nip.
- the chilliness of early morning
- noun a lack of affection or enthusiasm
frigidness; coolness; iciness; coldness; frigidity.
- a distressing coldness of tone and manner
- noun the property of being moderately cold
- ridiculousness2/5
ridiculousness
- noun a message whose content is at variance with reason
absurdness; absurdity.
- noun a message whose content is at variance with reason
- hideousness2/5
hideousness
- noun dreadful ugliness; horrible repulsiveness
- noun dreadful ugliness; horrible repulsiveness
- snobbishness2/5
snobbishness
- noun the trait of condescending to those of lower social status
snobbism; snobbery.
- noun the trait of condescending to those of lower social status
- deliberateness2/5
deliberateness
- noun a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
unhurriedness; deliberation; slowness.
- noun the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision
deliberation.
- he was a man of judicial deliberation
- noun a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
- pastness2/5
pastness
- noun the quality of being past
- noun the quality of being past
- squareness2/5
squareness
- noun the property of being shaped like a square
- noun the property of being shaped like a square
- intentness2/5
intentness
- noun the quality of being intent and concentrated
engrossment.
- the intentness of his gaze
- noun the quality of being intent and concentrated
- dearness2/5
dearness
- noun the quality possessed by something with a great price or value
preciousness; costliness.
- noun the quality possessed by something with a great price or value
- sturdiness2/5
sturdiness
- noun the state of being vigorous and robust
- noun the property of something that is strongly built
- noun the state of being vigorous and robust
- foolhardiness2/5
foolhardiness
- noun the trait of giving little thought to danger
rashness; recklessness.
- noun the trait of giving little thought to danger
- presentness2/5
presentness
- noun the quality of being the present
nowness.
- a study of the pastness of the present and...of the presentness of the past"- R.E.Spiller
- noun the quality of being the present
- moistness2/5
moistness
- noun a slight wetness
damp; dampness.
- noun a slight wetness
- excessiveness2/5
excessiveness
- noun immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
inordinateness; excess.
- noun immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
- uncleanliness2/5
uncleanliness
- noun lack of cleanly habits
- noun lack of cleanly habits
- plumpness2/5
plumpness
- noun the bodily property of being well rounded
roundness; embonpoint.
- noun the bodily property of being well rounded
- endlessness2/5
endlessness
- noun the property of being (or seeming to be) without end
- noun the property of being (or seeming to be) without end
- puffiness2/5
puffiness
- noun an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
swelling; lump.
- noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
splashiness; pompousness; pretentiousness; ostentation; inflation; pomposity; ostentatiousness.
- noun an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
- courtliness2/5
courtliness
- noun elegance suggestive of a royal court
- noun elegance suggestive of a royal court
- subconsciousness2/5
subconsciousness
- noun a state of mind not immediately available to consciousness
- noun a state of mind not immediately available to consciousness
- harmfulness2/5
harmfulness
- noun destructiveness that causes harm or injury
injuriousness.
- noun the quality of being noxious
noisomeness; noxiousness.
- noun destructiveness that causes harm or injury
- oppressiveness2/5
oppressiveness
- noun a feeling of being oppressed
oppression.
- noun unwelcome burdensome difficulty
heaviness; onerousness; burdensomeness.
- noun a feeling of being oppressed
- fussiness2/5
fussiness
- noun an irritable petulant feeling
irritability; choler; crossness; fretfulness; petulance; peevishness.
- noun unnecessary elaborateness in details
- noun an irritable petulant feeling
- otherworldliness2/5
otherworldliness
- noun concern with things of the spirit
spiritualism; spirituality; spiritism.
- noun concern with things of the spirit
- soberness2/5
soberness
- noun the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol
sobriety.
- noun a manner that is serious and solemn
sobriety; graveness; gravity; sombreness; somberness.
- noun the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol
- artfulness2/5
artfulness
- noun the quality of being adroit in taking unfair advantage
- noun the quality of being adroit in taking unfair advantage
- passiveness2/5
passiveness
- noun submission to others or to outside influences
passivity.
- noun the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative
passivity.
- noun submission to others or to outside influences
- lushness2/5
lushness
- noun the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses
voluptuousness; luxuriance.
- noun the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses
- broadness2/5
broadness
- noun the property of being wide; having great width
wideness.
- noun the property of being wide; having great width
- briskness2/5
briskness
- noun liveliness and eagerness
alacrity; smartness.
- he accepted with alacrity
- the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him
- noun liveliness and eagerness
- nimbleness2/5
nimbleness
- noun intelligence as revealed by quickness and alertness of mind
mental dexterity.
- nimbleness of wit and imagination
- noun the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble
lightsomeness; agility; lightness; legerity.
- noun intelligence as revealed by quickness and alertness of mind
- indistinctness2/5
indistinctness
- noun the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines
softness; blurriness; fogginess; fuzziness.
- noun the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines
- steadfastness2/5
steadfastness
- noun loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty
staunchness.
- noun steadfast resolution
- noun loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty
- baldness2/5
baldness
- noun the condition of having no hair on the top of the head
phalacrosis.
- noun the condition of having no hair on the top of the head
- disinterestedness2/5
disinterestedness
- noun freedom from bias or from selfish motives
- noun freedom from bias or from selfish motives
- breathlessness2/5
breathlessness
- noun a dyspneic condition
shortness of breath; SOB.
- noun a dyspneic condition
- hoarseness2/5
hoarseness
- noun a throaty harshness
gruffness; huskiness.
- noun a throaty harshness
- mildness2/5
mildness
- noun good weather with comfortable temperatures
clemency.
- noun acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered
softness; gentleness.
- his fingers have learned gentleness
- suddenly her gigantic power melted into softness for the baby
- even in the pulpit there are moments when mildness of manner is not enough
- noun good weather with comfortable temperatures
- baseness2/5
baseness
- noun unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values
sordidness; despicability; despicableness; contemptibility.
- noun unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values
- singleness2/5
singleness
- noun without hypocrisy
straightforwardness.
- the singleness of his motives could not be questioned
- noun the quality of concentrating on one central objective
- his singleness of purpose
- noun without hypocrisy
- silliness2/5
silliness
- noun a ludicrous folly
absurdity; fatuity; fatuousness.
- the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior
- noun an impulsive scatterbrained manner
giddiness.
- noun a ludicrous folly
- creditworthiness2/5
creditworthiness
- noun trustworthiness with money as based on a person's credit history; a general qualification for borrowing
- noun trustworthiness with money as based on a person's credit history; a general qualification for borrowing
- kindliness2/5
kindliness
- noun friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition
helpfulness.
- noun friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition
- impulsiveness2/5
impulsiveness
- noun the trait of acting suddenly on impulse without reflection
- noun the trait of acting suddenly on impulse without reflection
- callousness2/5
callousness
- noun devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
insensibility; callosity; hardness; unfeelingness.
- noun devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
- givenness2/5
givenness
- noun the quality of being granted as a supposition; of being acknowledged or assumed
- noun the quality of being granted as a supposition; of being acknowledged or assumed
- permissiveness2/5
permissiveness
- noun a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
tolerance.
- noun a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
- haughtiness2/5
haughtiness
- noun overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
high-handedness; hauteur; lordliness; arrogance.
- noun overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
- viciousness2/5
viciousness
- noun the trait of extreme cruelty
savagery; ferociousness; brutality.
- noun the trait of extreme cruelty
- submissiveness2/5
submissiveness
- noun the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc.
- noun the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc.
- possessiveness2/5
possessiveness
- noun excessive desire to possess or dominate
- noun excessive desire to possess or dominate
- nobleness2/5
nobleness
- noun the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct
grandeur; nobility; magnanimousness.
- noun the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct
- unkindness2/5
unkindness
- noun lack of sympathy
- noun lack of sympathy
- blankness2/5
blankness
- noun the state of being blank; void; emptiness
- noun the state of being blank; void; emptiness
- unawareness2/5
unawareness
- noun unconsciousness resulting from lack of knowledge or attention
unknowingness.
- noun unconsciousness resulting from lack of knowledge or attention
- inquisitiveness2/5
inquisitiveness
- noun a state of active curiosity
curiousness.
- noun a state of active curiosity
- indecisiveness2/5
indecisiveness
- noun doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action
indecision; irresolution.
- his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost
- noun the trait of irresolution; a lack of firmness of character or purpose
indecision.
- the king's incurable indecisiveness caused turmoil in his court
- noun doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action
- elusiveness2/5
elusiveness
- noun the quality of being difficult to grasp or pin down
- the author's elusiveness may at times be construed as evasiveness
- noun the quality of being difficult to grasp or pin down
- moodiness2/5
moodiness
- noun a sullen gloomy feeling
- noun having temperamental and changeable moods
- noun a sullen gloomy feeling
- intrusiveness2/5
intrusiveness
- noun aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation
meddlesomeness; officiousness.
- noun aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation
- casualness2/5
casualness
- noun a casual manner
familiarity.
- noun a casual manner
- receptiveness2/5
receptiveness
- noun willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)
receptivity; openness.
- he was testing the government's receptiveness to reform
- this receptiveness is the key feature in oestral behavior, enabling natural mating to occur
- their receptivity to the proposal
- noun willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)
- lewdness2/5
lewdness
- noun the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
salaciousness; obscenity; salacity; bawdiness.
- noun the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
- industriousness2/5
industriousness
- noun persevering determination to perform a task
industry; diligence.
- his diligence won him quick promotions
- frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues
- noun persevering determination to perform a task
- sureness2/5
sureness
- noun freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
confidence; self-confidence; self-assurance; authority; assurance.
- his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular
- after that failure he lost his confidence
- she spoke with authority
- noun the quality of being steady and unfailing
- sureness of hand
- noun freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
- greediness2/5
greediness
- noun an excessive desire for food
hoggishness; piggishness.
- noun an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts)
voraciousness; rapaciousness.
- the greediness of lawyers
- noun an excessive desire for food
- carefulness2/5
carefulness
- noun the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger
caution; cautiousness.
- a man of caution
- noun the quality of being careful and painstaking
- I admired the carefulness of his work
- noun the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger
- wistfulness2/5
wistfulness
- noun a sadly pensive longing
- noun a sadly pensive longing
- suspiciousness2/5
suspiciousness
- noun being of a suspicious nature
suspicion.
- his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage
- noun being of a suspicious nature
- fastidiousness2/5
fastidiousness
- noun the trait of being meticulous about matters of taste or style
- neatness and fastidiousness of dress
- noun the trait of being meticulous about matters of taste or style
- straightforwardness2/5
straightforwardness
- noun the quality of being direct and straightforward
downrightness.
- what some people take for rudeness is really straightforwardness
- noun without hypocrisy
singleness.
- the singleness of his motives could not be questioned
- noun the quality of being direct and straightforward
- gratefulness2/5
gratefulness
- noun warm friendly feelings of gratitude
thankfulness; appreciativeness.
- noun warm friendly feelings of gratitude
- deceitfulness2/5
deceitfulness
- noun the quality of being crafty
craftiness; guile.
- noun the quality of being crafty
- shamelessness2/5
shamelessness
- noun behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame
brazenness.
- noun behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame
- ungodliness2/5
ungodliness
- noun impiety by virtue of not being a godly person
godlessness.
- noun impiety by virtue of not being a godly person
- blandness2/5
blandness
- noun the trait of exhibiting no personal embarrassment or concern
- the blandness of his confession enraged the judge
- noun lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property
insipidness; insipidity.
- noun the trait of exhibiting no personal embarrassment or concern
- naughtiness2/5
naughtiness
- noun an attribute of mischievous children
mischievousness; badness.
- noun an attribute of mischievous children
- capriciousness2/5
capriciousness
- noun the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses
unpredictability.
- noun the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
arbitrariness; whimsy; whimsicality; whimsey; flightiness.
- I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory
- noun the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses
- blameworthiness2/5
blameworthiness
- noun a state of guilt
culpability; culpableness.
- noun a state of guilt
- airworthiness2/5
airworthiness
- noun fitness to fly
- the plane received a certificate of airworthiness
- noun fitness to fly
- literalness2/5
literalness
- noun adhereing to the concrete construal of something
- noun adhereing to the concrete construal of something
- joyousness2/5
joyousness
- noun the emotion of great happiness
joyfulness; joy.
- noun the emotion of great happiness
- evasiveness2/5
evasiveness
- noun intentionally vague or ambiguous
prevarication; equivocation.
- noun intentionally vague or ambiguous
- sexiness2/5
sexiness
- noun the arousal of feelings of sexual desire
eroticism; erotism; amorousness; amativeness.
- noun the arousal of feelings of sexual desire
- coyness2/5
coyness
- noun the affectation of being demure in a provocative way
demureness.
- noun the affectation of being demure in a provocative way
- newsworthiness2/5
newsworthiness
- noun the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins
news.
- the judge conceded the newsworthiness of the trial
- he is no longer news in the fashion world
- noun the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins
- heartlessness2/5
heartlessness
- noun an absence of concern for the welfare of others
hardheartedness; coldheartedness.
- noun an absence of concern for the welfare of others
- patchiness2/5
patchiness
- noun unevenness in quality or performance
- noun unevenness in quality or performance
- forthrightness2/5
forthrightness
- noun the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
candor; candidness; candour; directness; frankness.
- noun the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
- devotedness2/5
devotedness
- noun feelings of ardent love
devotion.
- their devotion to each other was beautiful
- noun feelings of ardent love
- seaworthiness2/5
seaworthiness
- noun fitness to traverse the seas
fitness.
- noun fitness to traverse the seas
- cautiousness2/5
cautiousness
- noun the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger
caution; carefulness.
- a man of caution
- noun the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger
- obliviousness2/5
obliviousness
- noun total forgetfulness
oblivion.
- he sought the great oblivion of sleep
- noun total forgetfulness
- untruthfulness2/5
untruthfulness
- noun the quality of being untruthful
- noun the quality of being untruthful
- heedlessness2/5
heedlessness
- noun a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people)
inattentiveness.
- noun the trait of acting rashly and without prudence
mindlessness; rashness.
- noun a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people)
- cooperativeness2/5
cooperativeness
- noun the trait of being cooperative
amenability; amenableness.
- noun the trait of being cooperative
- godlessness2/5
godlessness
- noun the doctrine or belief that there is no God
atheism.
- noun impiety by virtue of not being a godly person
ungodliness.
- noun the doctrine or belief that there is no God
- squeamishness2/5
squeamishness
- noun a mild state of nausea
qualm; queasiness.
- noun the trait of being excessively fastidious and easily shocked
- the program was withdrawn because of the squeamishness of some viewers
- he refused to allow squeamishness to deter him from his duty
- noun a mild state of nausea
- deviousness2/5
deviousness
- noun the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly
obliqueness.
- noun the quality of being deceitful and underhanded
crookedness.
- noun the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly
- queasiness2/5
queasiness
- noun a mild state of nausea
qualm; squeamishness.
- noun inability to rest or relax or be still
uneasiness; restlessness.
- noun a mild state of nausea
- contentiousness2/5
contentiousness
- noun an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious
quarrelsomeness.
- noun an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious
- tediousness2/5
tediousness
- noun dullness owing to length or slowness
tedium; tiresomeness.
- noun dullness owing to length or slowness
- cockiness2/5
cockiness
- noun offensive boldness and assertiveness
pushiness; bumptiousness; forwardness.
- noun offensive boldness and assertiveness
- edginess2/5
edginess
- noun feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
inquietude; uneasiness; disquietude.
- noun feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
- determinateness2/5
determinateness
- noun the quality of being predictable with great confidence
definiteness.
- noun the quality of being predictable with great confidence
- joyfulness2/5
joyfulness
- noun the emotion of great happiness
joy; joyousness.
- noun the emotion of great happiness
- brashness2/5
brashness
- noun tasteless showiness
tawdriness; gaudiness; glitz; meretriciousness; flashiness; loudness; garishness.
- noun the trait of being rash and hasty
- noun tasteless showiness
- coziness2/5
coziness
- noun a state of warm snug comfort
snugness; cosiness.
- noun a state of warm snug comfort
- reflectiveness2/5
reflectiveness
- noun the capability of quiet thought or contemplation
reflectivity.
- noun the capability of quiet thought or contemplation
- homesickness2/5
homesickness
- noun a longing to return home
- noun a longing to return home
- vindictiveness2/5
vindictiveness
- noun a malevolent desire for revenge
vengefulness.
- noun a malevolent desire for revenge
- seasickness2/5
seasickness
- noun motion sickness experienced while traveling on water
mal de mer; naupathia.
- noun motion sickness experienced while traveling on water
- deaconess2/5
deaconess
- noun a woman deacon
- noun a woman deacon
- dreariness2/5
dreariness
- noun extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest
insipidness; boringness; insipidity.
- noun extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest
- obsequiousness2/5
obsequiousness
- noun abject or cringing submissiveness
servility; subservience.
- noun abject or cringing submissiveness
- smugness2/5
smugness
- noun an excessive feeling of self-satisfaction
- noun an excessive feeling of self-satisfaction
- lioness2/5
lioness
- noun a female lion
- noun a female lion
- centeredness2/5
centeredness
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- markedness2/5
markedness
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- furness2/5
- divisiveness2/5
divisiveness
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- nonbusiness2/5
- brokenness2/5
brokenness
The state or quality of being broken; unevenness. Macaulay.
- voluntariness2/5
voluntariness
The quality or state of being voluntary; spontaneousness; specifically, the quality or state of being free in the exercise of one's will.
- britishness2/5
- heartedness2/5
heartedness
Earnestness; sincerity; heartiness. R. Clarendon.✍ See also the Note under Hearted . The analysis of the compounds gives hard-hearted + -ness, rather than hard + heartedness, etc.
- dulness2/5
dulness
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- rootedness2/5
rootedness
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- sidedness2/5
sidedness
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- purposiveness2/5
- indianness2/5
- joblessness2/5
joblessness
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- irishness2/5
- directedness2/5
- invasiveness2/5
invasiveness
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- unreasonableness2/5
unreasonableness
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- caithness2/5
- belongingness2/5
- doubleness2/5
doubleness
The state of being double or doubled.
- suggestiveness2/5
suggestiveness
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- lovingkindness2/5
- formlessness2/5
formlessness
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- waywardness2/5
waywardness
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- unforgiveness2/5
- americanness2/5
- microhardness2/5
- dungeness2/5
dungeness
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- suchness2/5
suchness
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- betweenness2/5
betweenness
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- publicness2/5
publicness
The quality or state of being public, or open to the view or notice of people at large; publicity; notoriety; as, the .publicness of a sale
- doneness2/5
doneness
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- landlessness2/5
landlessness
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- rootlessness2/5
rootlessness
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- tentativeness2/5
tentativeness
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- seductiveness2/5
seductiveness
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- inness2/5
inness
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- literariness2/5
literariness
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- informativeness2/5
informativeness
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- adaptiveness2/5
adaptiveness
The quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
- statelessness2/5
statelessness
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- harmlessness2/5
harmlessness
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- unpreparedness2/5
unpreparedness
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- mootness2/5
- earthiness2/5
earthiness
The quality or state of being earthy, or of containing earth; hence, grossness.
- supportiveness2/5
- mysteriousness2/5
mysteriousness
The state or quality of being mysterious.
- sheerness2/5
sheerness
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- frenchness2/5
- fallenness2/5
- lessness2/5
lessness
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- purposelessness1/5
purposelessness
- noun the quality of lacking any definite purpose
aimlessness.
- noun the quality of lacking any definite purpose
- wideness1/5
wideness
- noun the property of being wide; having great width
broadness.
- noun unusual largeness in size or extent or number
grandness; immenseness; vastness; immensity; greatness; enormousness; sizeableness.
- noun the property of being wide; having great width
- quirkiness1/5
quirkiness
- noun a strange attitude or habit
crotchet; quirk; queerness; oddity.
- noun a strange attitude or habit
- slightness1/5
slightness
- noun the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
pettiness; puniness; triviality.
- noun smallness of stature
delicacy.
- noun the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
- chasteness1/5
chasteness
- noun lack of ornamentation
restraint; simplicity; simpleness.
- the room was simply decorated with great restraint
- verb censure severely
objurgate; chastise; chasten; castigate; correct.
- She chastised him for his insensitive remarks
- noun lack of ornamentation
- puniness1/5
puniness
- noun the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
pettiness; slightness; triviality.
- noun smallness of stature
stuntedness; runtiness.
- noun the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
- bounciness1/5
bounciness
- noun the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
bounce.
- noun the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
- curiousness1/5
curiousness
- noun a state of active curiosity
inquisitiveness.
- noun the quality of being alien or not native
foreignness; strangeness.
- the strangeness of a foreigner
- noun a state of active curiosity
- uncommonness1/5
uncommonness
- noun extraordinariness as a consequence of being marked by an uncommon or superlative quality
- noun extraordinariness as a consequence of being rare and seldom encountered
- noun extraordinariness as a consequence of being marked by an uncommon or superlative quality
- hotness1/5
hotness
- noun the presence of heat
high temperature; heat.
- noun a state of sexual arousal
horniness; hot pants.
- noun the presence of heat
- profaneness1/5
profaneness
- noun an attitude of irreverence or contempt for a divinity
- noun unholiness by virtue of being profane
unsanctification.
- noun an attitude of irreverence or contempt for a divinity
- tartness1/5
tartness
- noun the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
sour; sourness.
- noun a sharp sour taste
acerbity.
- noun the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
- pureness1/5
pureness
- noun being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
purity.
- noun the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
whiteness; sinlessness; purity; innocence.
- noun being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
- elaborateness1/5
elaborateness
- noun marked by elaborately complex detail
intricacy; elaboration; involution.
- noun an ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated
ornateness.
- noun marked by elaborately complex detail
- disorderliness1/5
disorderliness
- noun a condition in which things are not in their expected places
disorder.
- the files are in complete disorder
- noun rowdy behavior
rowdyism; rowdiness; roughness.
- noun a condition in which things are not in their expected places
- denseness1/5
denseness
- noun the quality of being mentally slow and limited
dumbness; slow-wittedness.
- noun the spatial property of being crowded together
compactness; concentration; tightness; density.
- noun the quality of being mentally slow and limited
- surliness1/5
surliness
- noun a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
irritability; biliousness; pettishness; snappishness; peevishness; temper.
- his temper was well known to all his employees
- noun a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
- glossiness1/5
glossiness
- noun the property of being smooth and shiny
polish; burnish; gloss.
- noun the property of being smooth and shiny
- shininess1/5
shininess
- noun the visual property of something that shines with reflected light
lustre; sheen; luster.
- noun the visual property of something that shines with reflected light
- spiciness1/5
spiciness
- noun the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored
spicery; spice.
- noun behavior or language bordering on indelicacy
raciness; ribaldry; gaminess.
- noun the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored
- unusualness1/5
unusualness
- noun uncommonness by virtue of being unusual
- noun uncommonness by virtue of being unusual
- iciness1/5
iciness
- noun coldness due to a cold environment
gelidity; chill.
- noun a lack of affection or enthusiasm
frigidness; coolness; coldness; chilliness; frigidity.
- a distressing coldness of tone and manner
- noun coldness due to a cold environment
- niggardliness1/5
niggardliness
- noun extreme stinginess
tightfistedness; parsimoniousness; minginess; meanness; closeness; niggardness; tightness; parsimony.
- noun extreme stinginess
- shapelessness1/5
shapelessness
- noun an amorphous or indefinite shape
- a shapeless mass
- noun the quality of lacking an esthetically pleasing shape
- noun an amorphous or indefinite shape
- biliousness1/5
biliousness
- noun gastric distress caused by a disorder of the liver or gall bladder
- noun a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
irritability; pettishness; surliness; snappishness; peevishness; temper.
- his temper was well known to all his employees
- noun gastric distress caused by a disorder of the liver or gall bladder
- extraordinariness1/5
extraordinariness
- noun the quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered
- noun the quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered
- handiness1/5
handiness
- noun skillfulness with the hands
- he can do any sort of work requiring handiness and dexterity
- noun the quality of being at hand when needed
availableness; accessibility; availability.
- noun skillfulness with the hands
- outwardness1/5
outwardness
- noun concern with outward things or material objects as opposed to the mind and spirit
- what is the origin of the outwardness of our sensations of sound, smell, or taste
- an abstract conception with feelings of reality and spatial outwardness attached to it
- noun the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior
externality.
- the outwardness of the world
- noun concern with outward things or material objects as opposed to the mind and spirit
- erectness1/5
erectness
- noun the property of being upright in posture
uprightness.
- noun position at right angles to the horizon
uprightness; verticality; verticalness.
- noun the property of being upright in posture
- southernness1/5
southernness
- noun the property of being to the south
- noun the property of being to the south
- communicativeness1/5
communicativeness
- noun the trait of being communicative
- noun the trait of being communicative
- successfulness1/5
successfulness
- noun the condition of prospering; having good fortune
prosperity.
- noun the condition of prospering; having good fortune
- privateness1/5
privateness
- noun the condition of being concealed or hidden
secrecy; concealment; privacy.
- noun the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
seclusion; privacy.
- noun the condition of being concealed or hidden
- rosiness1/5
rosiness
- noun a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
blush; bloom; flush.
- noun a healthy reddish complexion
ruddiness.
- noun a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
- multifariousness1/5
multifariousness
- noun noticeable heterogeneity
variety; diversity; diverseness.
- a diversity of possibilities
- the range and variety of his work is amazing
- noun noticeable heterogeneity
- successiveness1/5
successiveness
- noun a following of one thing after another in time
chronological succession; succession; chronological sequence; sequence.
- the doctor saw a sequence of patients
- noun a following of one thing after another in time
- northernness1/5
northernness
- noun the property of being to the north
- noun the property of being to the north
- pettishness1/5
pettishness
- noun a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
irritability; biliousness; surliness; snappishness; peevishness; temper.
- his temper was well known to all his employees
- noun a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
- mundaneness1/5
mundaneness
- noun the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
worldliness; mundanity; sophistication.
- noun the quality of being commonplace and ordinary
ordinariness; mundanity.
- noun the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
- exoticness1/5
exoticness
- noun the quality of being exotic
exotism; exoticism.
- he loved the exoticism of Egypt
- noun the quality of being exotic
- lengthiness1/5
lengthiness
- noun amount or degree or range to which something extends
prolongation; extension.
- the wire has an extension of 50 feet
- noun the consequence of being lengthened in duration
continuation; protraction; prolongation.
- noun amount or degree or range to which something extends
- woodiness1/5
woodiness
- noun the quality of abounding in trees
woodsiness.
- noun texture produced by the fibers in wood
wood grain; woodgrain.
- noun the quality of abounding in trees
- earliness1/5
earliness
- noun quality of coming early or earlier in time
- noun quality of coming early or earlier in time
- handsomeness1/5
handsomeness
- noun the quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man)
good looks.
- noun the quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man)
- tautness1/5
tautness
- noun the physical condition of being stretched or strained
tension; tenseness; tensity.
- it places great tension on the leg muscles
- he could feel the tenseness of her body
- noun lack of movement or room for movement
tightness.
- noun the physical condition of being stretched or strained
- miserliness1/5
miserliness
- noun total lack of generosity with money
- noun total lack of generosity with money
- grotesqueness1/5
grotesqueness
- noun ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
grotesquerie; grotesquery.
- noun ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
- diffuseness1/5
diffuseness
- noun the spatial property of being spread out over a wide area or through a large volume
- noun the spatial property of being spread out over a wide area or through a large volume
- contrariness1/5
contrariness
- noun deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
perverseness; perversity.
- noun a fussy and eccentric disposition
crotchetiness; grumpiness; crankiness.
- noun deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
- conspicuousness1/5
conspicuousness
- noun the state of being conspicuous
- noun high visibility
- noun the state of being conspicuous
- sprightliness1/5
sprightliness
- noun animation and energy in action or expression
liveliness; life; spirit.
- it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it
- noun animation and energy in action or expression
- disconnectedness1/5
disconnectedness
- noun state of being disconnected
disconnection; disjunction; disjuncture.
- noun state of being disconnected
- boundlessness1/5
boundlessness
- noun the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit
limitlessness; infinitude; unboundedness; infiniteness.
- noun the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit
- assuredness1/5
assuredness
- noun great coolness and composure under strain
sang-froid; cool; aplomb; poise.
- keep your cool
- noun great coolness and composure under strain
- talkativeness1/5
talkativeness
- noun the quality of being wordy and talkative
loquaciousness; garrulity; loquacity; garrulousness.
- noun the quality of being wordy and talkative
- copiousness1/5
copiousness
- noun the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
abundance; teemingness.
- an age of abundance
- noun the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
- lifelessness1/5
lifelessness
- noun a state of no motion or movement
motionlessness; stillness.
- the utter motionlessness of a marble statue
- noun not having life
inanimateness.
- noun a state of no motion or movement
- tallness1/5
tallness
- noun the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top
height.
- noun the property of being taller than average stature
- noun the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top
- painfulness1/5
painfulness
- noun emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
pain.
- the pain of loneliness
- noun the quality of being painful
distressingness.
- she feared the painfulness of childbirth
- noun emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
- murkiness1/5
murkiness
- noun an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
fog; fogginess; murk.
- noun the quality of being cloudy
cloudiness; muddiness.
- noun an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
- hairiness1/5
hairiness
- noun the quality of having hair
pilosity.
- noun the quality of having hair
- trustfulness1/5
trustfulness
- noun the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others
trustingness; trust.
- the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity
- noun the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others
- remissness1/5
remissness
- noun the quality of being lax and neglectful
slackness; laxness; laxity.
- noun the quality of being lax and neglectful
- mellowness1/5
mellowness
- noun kindheartedness through maturity or old age
- noun a taste (especially of fruit) that is ripe and of full flavor
- noun kindheartedness through maturity or old age
- deepness1/5
deepness
- noun the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
depth; profundity; astuteness; profoundness.
- noun the quality of being physically deep
profundity; profoundness.
- the profundity of the mine was almost a mile
- noun the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
- limitlessness1/5
limitlessness
- noun the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit
infinitude; unboundedness; infiniteness; boundlessness.
- noun the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit
- deceptiveness1/5
deceptiveness
- noun the quality of being deceptive
obliquity.
- noun the quality of being deceptive
- boyishness1/5
boyishness
- noun being characteristic of a boy
- noun being characteristic of a boy
- adeptness1/5
adeptness
- noun skillful performance or ability without difficulty
quickness; deftness; adroitness; facility.
- his quick adeptness was a product of good design
- he was famous for his facility as an archer
- noun skillful performance or ability without difficulty
- slickness1/5
slickness
- noun verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
trickery; hanky panky; skulduggery; jiggery-pokery; hocus-pocus; skullduggery.
- noun a kind of fluent easy superficiality
glibness.
- the glibness of a high-pressure salesman
- noun verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
- airiness1/5
airiness
- noun the property of something spacious and abounding in fresh air
- noun the property of something weightless and insubstantial
buoyancy.
- noun the property of something spacious and abounding in fresh air
- boorishness1/5
boorishness
- noun the manner of a rude or insensitive person
- noun inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor
uncouthness.
- noun the manner of a rude or insensitive person
- unhealthiness1/5
unhealthiness
- noun a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain
health problem; ill health.
- noun a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain
- weightiness1/5
weightiness
- noun the relative importance granted to something
weight.
- his opinion carries great weight
- the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed
- noun the property of being comparatively great in weight
heaviness.
- the heaviness of lead
- noun the relative importance granted to something
- repulsiveness1/5
repulsiveness
- noun the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
loathsomeness; lousiness; vileness; sliminess; wickedness.
- the vileness of his language surprised us
- noun the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
- crankiness1/5
crankiness
- noun a fussy and eccentric disposition
crotchetiness; grumpiness; contrariness.
- noun a fussy and eccentric disposition
- hastiness1/5
hastiness
- noun overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
precipitation; hurry; haste; hurriedness.
- he soon regretted his haste
- noun hasty impulsiveness
- noun overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
- abrasiveness1/5
abrasiveness
- noun the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
harshness; scratchiness.
- noun the quality of being sharply disagreeable
- noun the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
- beastliness1/5
beastliness
- noun the quality of being deliberately mean
meanness.
- noun unpleasant nastiness; used especially of nasty weather
- noun the quality of being deliberately mean
- skillfulness1/5
skillfulness
- noun the state of being cognitively skillful
- noun the state of being cognitively skillful
- directiveness1/5
directiveness
- noun the quality of being directive
directivity.
- noun the quality of being directive
- changelessness1/5
changelessness
- noun the property of remaining unchanged
- noun the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged
unchangeableness; unchangeability; unchangingness.
- noun the property of remaining unchanged
- oiliness1/5
oiliness
- noun consisting of or covered with oil
oleaginousness; greasiness.
- noun smug self-serving earnestness
oleaginousness; fulsomeness; unction; smarminess; unctuousness.
- noun consisting of or covered with oil
- bizarreness1/5
bizarreness
- noun strikingly out of the ordinary
outlandishness; weirdness.
- noun strikingly out of the ordinary
- activeness1/5
activeness
- noun the state of being active
action; activity.
- his sphere of activity
- he is out of action
- noun the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically
activity.
- the level of activity declines with age
- noun the state of being active
- dilatoriness1/5
dilatoriness
- noun slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it
procrastination.
- noun slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it
- exquisiteness1/5
exquisiteness
- noun extreme beauty of a delicate sort
- noun extreme beauty of a delicate sort
- cussedness1/5
cussedness
- noun meanspirited disagreeable contrariness
orneriness.
- noun meanspirited disagreeable contrariness
- variableness1/5
variableness
- noun the quality of being subject to variation
variability; variance.
- noun the quality of being subject to variation
- grandness1/5
grandness
- noun a prominent status
importance.
- a person of importance
- noun unusual largeness in size or extent or number
immenseness; vastness; immensity; greatness; wideness; enormousness; sizeableness.
- noun a prominent status
- fewness1/5
fewness
- noun the quality of being small in number
- noun the quality of being small in number
- oldness1/5
oldness
- noun the opposite of youngness
- noun the quality of being old; the opposite of newness
- noun the opposite of youngness
- constructiveness1/5
constructiveness
- noun the quality of serving to build or improve
- noun the quality of serving to build or improve
- eeriness1/5
eeriness
- noun strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear
ghostliness.
- noun strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear
- intensiveness1/5
intensiveness
- noun high level or degree; the property of being intense
intensity.
- noun high level or degree; the property of being intense
- springiness1/5
springiness
- noun the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
spring; give.
- noun the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
- articulateness1/5
articulateness
- noun the quality of being facile in speech and writing
volubility; fluency.
- noun the quality of being facile in speech and writing
- effusiveness1/5
effusiveness
- noun a friendly open trait of a talkative person
expansivity; expansiveness.
- noun a friendly open trait of a talkative person
- reflexiveness1/5
reflexiveness
- noun the coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent
reflexivity.
- noun (logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between an element and itself
reflexivity.
- noun the coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent
- suitableness1/5
suitableness
- noun the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose
suitability.
- an important requirement is suitability for long trips
- noun the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose
- unchangeableness1/5
unchangeableness
- noun the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged
changelessness; unchangeability; unchangingness.
- noun the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged
- nativeness1/5
nativeness
- noun the quality of belonging to or being connected with a certain place or region by virtue of birth or origin
- noun the quality of belonging to or being connected with a certain place or region by virtue of birth or origin
- gradualness1/5
gradualness
- noun the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual
gentleness.
- noun the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages
graduality.
- noun the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual
- expensiveness1/5
expensiveness
- noun the quality of being high-priced
- noun the quality of being high-priced
- fruitlessness1/5
fruitlessness
- noun a lack of creative imagination
- noun the quality of yielding nothing of value
aridity; barrenness.
- noun a lack of creative imagination
- uncouthness1/5
uncouthness
- noun inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor
boorishness.
- noun inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor
- deservingness1/5
deservingness
- noun the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
meritoriousness; merit.
- there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded
- noun the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
- unboundedness1/5
unboundedness
- noun the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit
limitlessness; infinitude; infiniteness; boundlessness.
- noun the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit
- pythoness1/5
pythoness
- noun a witch with powers of divination
- noun (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles
Pythia.
- noun a witch with powers of divination
- unsatisfactoriness1/5
unsatisfactoriness
- noun the quality of being inadequate or unsuitable
- noun the quality of being inadequate or unsuitable
- motionlessness1/5
motionlessness
- noun a state of no motion or movement
lifelessness; stillness.
- the utter motionlessness of a marble statue
- noun a state of no motion or movement
- inexactness1/5
inexactness
- noun the quality of being inaccurate and having errors
inexactitude.
- noun the quality of being inaccurate and having errors
- sleekness1/5
sleekness
- noun the quality of being well-groomed and neatly tailored
- the sleekness of his appearance reminded me of his financial successes
- noun the smooth feel of silk fabric
silkiness.
- noun the quality of being well-groomed and neatly tailored
- raggedness1/5
raggedness
- noun a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
roughness.
- noun shabbiness by virtue of being in rags
- noun a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
- spareness1/5
spareness
- noun the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness
sparsity; sparseness; thinness.
- noun the property of having little body fat
leanness; thinness.
- noun the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness
- loathsomeness1/5
loathsomeness
- noun the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
lousiness; repulsiveness; vileness; sliminess; wickedness.
- the vileness of his language surprised us
- noun the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
- triteness1/5
triteness
- noun unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed
staleness.
- noun unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed
- warmness1/5
warmness
- noun a positive feeling of liking
heart; philia; warmheartedness; tenderness; affection; affectionateness; fondness.
- he had trouble expressing the affection he felt
- the child won everyone's heart
- the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home
- noun the quality of having a moderate degree of heat
warmth.
- an agreeable warmth in the house
- noun a positive feeling of liking
- ghostliness1/5
ghostliness
- noun strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear
eeriness.
- noun strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear
- grumpiness1/5
grumpiness
- noun a fussy and eccentric disposition
crotchetiness; crankiness; contrariness.
- noun a fussy and eccentric disposition
- changeableness1/5
changeableness
- noun the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change
changeability.
- the changeableness of the weather
- noun the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change
- powerfulness1/5
powerfulness
- noun possession of controlling influence
power.
- the deterrent power of nuclear weapons
- the power of his love saved her
- his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade
- noun possession of controlling influence
- girlishness1/5
girlishness
- noun being characteristic of a girl
- noun being characteristic of a girl
- simpleness1/5
simpleness
- noun a lack of penetration or subtlety
simplicity; simple mindedness.
- they took advantage of her simplicity
- noun the quality of being simple or uncompounded
simplicity.
- the simplicity of a crystal
- noun a lack of penetration or subtlety
- mercifulness1/5
mercifulness
- noun the feeling that motivates compassion
mercy.
- noun a disposition to be kind and forgiving
mercy.
- in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband
- noun the feeling that motivates compassion
- fleshiness1/5
fleshiness
- noun more than average fatness
corpulency; obesity.
- noun more than average fatness
- jerkiness1/5
jerkiness
- noun the quality of being spasmodic and irregular
fitfulness.
- noun the quality of being spasmodic and irregular
- solidness1/5
solidness
- noun the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape
solid; solid state.
- noun the consistency of a solid
solidity.
- noun the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape
- dreadfulness1/5
dreadfulness
- noun a quality of extreme unpleasantness
awfulness; horridness; terribleness.
- noun a quality of extreme unpleasantness
- efficaciousness1/5
efficaciousness
- noun capacity or power to produce a desired effect
efficacy.
- concern about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine
- noun capacity or power to produce a desired effect
- freakishness1/5
freakishness
- noun marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal
abnormality.
- noun marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal
- wonderfulness1/5
wonderfulness
- noun admirable excellence
admirability; admirableness.
- noun admirable excellence
- wholeheartedness1/5
wholeheartedness
- noun the quality of hearty sincerity
heartiness.
- noun undivided commitment or unreserved enthusiasm
- noun the quality of hearty sincerity
- muddiness1/5
muddiness
- noun the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water
wateriness; sloppiness.
- the baseball game was canceled because of the wateriness of the outfield
- the water's muddiness made it undrinkable
- the sloppiness of a rainy November day
- noun a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
confusion; disarray; confusedness; mental confusion.
- a confusion of impressions
- noun the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water
- satisfactoriness1/5
satisfactoriness
- noun the quality of giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement
- noun the quality of giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement
- unholiness1/5
unholiness
- noun the quality of being unholy
- noun the quality of being unholy
- averageness1/5
averageness
- noun the state of being that is average; indicates normality but with connotations of mediocrity
- noun ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
mediocrity.
- noun the state of being that is average; indicates normality but with connotations of mediocrity
- infiniteness1/5
infiniteness
- noun the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit
limitlessness; infinitude; unboundedness; boundlessness.
- noun the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit
- momentousness1/5
momentousness
- noun utmost importance
- noun utmost importance
- fogginess1/5
fogginess
- noun an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
murkiness; fog; murk.
- noun the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines
softness; indistinctness; blurriness; fuzziness.
- noun an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
- querulousness1/5
querulousness
- noun the quality of being given to complaining
- noun the quality of being given to complaining
- morbidness1/5
morbidness
- noun an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind
morbidity.
- his fear of being alone verges on morbidity
- noun the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you
unwholesomeness; morbidity.
- noun an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind
- terribleness1/5
terribleness
- noun a quality of extreme unpleasantness
dreadfulness; awfulness; horridness.
- noun a quality of extreme unpleasantness
- garrulousness1/5
garrulousness
- noun the quality of being wordy and talkative
loquaciousness; garrulity; loquacity; talkativeness.
- noun the quality of being wordy and talkative
- loquaciousness1/5
loquaciousness
- noun the quality of being wordy and talkative
garrulity; loquacity; garrulousness; talkativeness.
- noun the quality of being wordy and talkative
- faultiness1/5
faultiness
- noun the state of being defective
defectiveness.
- noun the state of being defective
- wittiness1/5
wittiness
- noun a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
witticism; wit; humor; humour.
- noun a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
- gameness1/5
gameness
- noun disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
claudication; lameness; limping; gimpiness; gimp.
- noun disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
- raciness1/5
raciness
- noun a strong odor or taste property
bite; sharpness; pungency.
- the pungency of mustard
- the sulfurous bite of garlic
- the sharpness of strange spices
- the raciness of the wine
- noun behavior or language bordering on indelicacy
ribaldry; spiciness; gaminess.
- noun a strong odor or taste property
- unharness1/5
unharness
- verb remove the harness from
- unharness a horse
- verb remove the harness from
- rigidness1/5
rigidness
- noun the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
rigidity.
- noun the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe
rigidity; inflexibility.
- noun the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
- unwholesomeness1/5
unwholesomeness
- noun the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you
morbidness; morbidity.
- noun the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you
- luminousness1/5
luminousness
- noun the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
luminance; brightness; luminosity; light; brightness level.
- its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun
- noun the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
- greasiness1/5
greasiness
- noun consisting of or covered with oil
oleaginousness; oiliness.
- noun consisting of or covered with oil
- flawlessness1/5
flawlessness
- noun the state of being without a flaw or defect
ne plus ultra; perfection.
- noun the state of being without a flaw or defect
- ornateness1/5
ornateness
- noun high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
grandiosity; grandiloquence; rhetoric; magniloquence.
- the grandiosity of his prose
- an excessive ornateness of language
- noun an ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated
elaborateness.
- noun high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
- extremeness1/5
extremeness
- noun the quality of being extreme
- noun the quality of being extreme
- sketchiness1/5
sketchiness
- noun incompleteness of details
- noun incompleteness of details
- frailness1/5
frailness
- noun the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
valetudinarianism; debility; feebleness; frailty; infirmity.
- noun the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
- creepiness1/5
creepiness
- noun an uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin
- noun an uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin
- negativeness1/5
negativeness
- noun the character of the negative electric pole
negativity.
- noun characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands
negativity; negativism.
- noun the character of the negative electric pole
- compositeness1/5
compositeness
- noun the property of being a composite number
- noun the property of being a composite number
- hairlessness1/5
hairlessness
- noun the condition of being void of hair
depilation.
- noun the quality of not having hair
- noun the condition of being void of hair
- entireness1/5
entireness
- noun the state of being total and complete
entirety; integrality; totality.
- he read the article in its entirety
- appalled by the totality of the destruction
- noun the state of being total and complete
- profuseness1/5
profuseness
- noun the property of being extremely abundant
profusion; cornucopia; richness.
- the profusion of detail
- the idiomatic richness of English
- noun the property of being extremely abundant
- commonplaceness1/5
commonplaceness
- noun ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace
commonness; everydayness.
- noun ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace
- oppositeness1/5
oppositeness
- noun the relation between opposed entities
opposition.
- noun the relation between opposed entities
- orneriness1/5
orneriness
- noun meanspirited disagreeable contrariness
cussedness.
- noun meanspirited disagreeable contrariness
- sunniness1/5
sunniness
- noun lightness created by sunlight
- noun the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
cheer; sunshine; cheerfulness.
- flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room
- noun lightness created by sunlight
- farness1/5
farness
- noun the property of being remote
farawayness; remoteness.
- noun the property of being remote
- unprofitableness1/5
unprofitableness
- noun the quality of affording no gain or no benefit or no profit
unprofitability.
- noun the quality of affording no gain or no benefit or no profit
- outlandishness1/5
outlandishness
- noun strikingly out of the ordinary
bizarreness; weirdness.
- noun strikingly out of the ordinary
- enormousness1/5
enormousness
- noun unusual largeness in size or extent or number
grandness; immenseness; vastness; immensity; greatness; wideness; sizeableness.
- noun unusual largeness in size or extent or number
- unsuitableness1/5
unsuitableness
- noun the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose
ineptness; unsuitability.
- noun the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose
- numerousness1/5
numerousness
- noun a large number
multiplicity; numerosity.
- noun a large number
- decorativeness1/5
decorativeness
- noun an appearance that serves to decorate and make something more attractive
- noun an appearance that serves to decorate and make something more attractive
- imperativeness1/5
imperativeness
- noun the state of demanding notice or attention
press; pressure; insistency; insistence.
- the insistence of their hunger
- the press of business matters
- noun the quality of being insistent
instancy.
- he pressed his demand with considerable instancy
- noun the state of demanding notice or attention
- covertness1/5
covertness
- noun the state of being covert and hidden
hiddenness.
- noun the state of being covert and hidden
- fidgetiness1/5
fidgetiness
- noun a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion
restlessness; fidget.
- he's got the fidgets
- waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness
- noun a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion
- imperfectness1/5
imperfectness
- noun the state or an instance of being imperfect
imperfection.
- noun the state or an instance of being imperfect
- fluffiness1/5
fluffiness
- noun a light softness
downiness; featheriness.
- noun a light softness
- scaliness1/5
scaliness
- noun the property of being scaly
- noun the property of being scaly
- inexpensiveness1/5
inexpensiveness
- noun the quality of being affordable
- noun the quality of being affordable
- sightlessness1/5
sightlessness
- noun the state of being blind or lacking sight
blindness; cecity.
- noun the state of being blind or lacking sight
- expectedness1/5
expectedness
- noun the state of being that is commonly observed
commonness.
- noun ordinariness as a consequence of being expected and not surprising
- noun the state of being that is commonly observed
- sliminess1/5
sliminess
- noun a property resembling or being covered with slime
- noun the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
loathsomeness; lousiness; repulsiveness; vileness; wickedness.
- the vileness of his language surprised us
- noun a property resembling or being covered with slime
- homogeneousness1/5
homogeneousness
- noun the quality of being similar or comparable in kind or nature
homogeneity.
- there is a remarkable homogeneity between the two companies
- noun the quality of being similar or comparable in kind or nature
- scratchiness1/5
scratchiness
- noun the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
harshness; abrasiveness.
- noun the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
- tipsiness1/5
tipsiness
- noun a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
insobriety; drunkenness; inebriety; inebriation; intoxication.
- noun a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
- essentialness1/5
essentialness
- noun basic importance
essentiality.
- noun basic importance
- lastingness1/5
lastingness
- noun permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force
enduringness; strength; durability.
- they advertised the durability of their products
- noun permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force
- callowness1/5
callowness
- noun lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life
jejuneness; juvenility.
- noun lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life
- titaness1/5
titaness
- noun (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant goddesses who were offspring of Uranus (heaven) and Gaea (earth) in ancient mythology
- noun (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant goddesses who were offspring of Uranus (heaven) and Gaea (earth) in ancient mythology
- rockiness1/5
rockiness
- noun the quality of abounding in rocks and stones
- due to the rockiness of the land it was quickly dry even after a heavy rain
- noun the quality of abounding in rocks and stones
- unwellness1/5
unwellness
- noun impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
malady; illness; sickness.
- noun impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
- fieriness1/5
fieriness
- noun the heat or the color of fire
red heat.
- noun a passionate and quick-tempered nature
- noun the heat or the color of fire
- obsoleteness1/5
obsoleteness
- noun the property of being out of date and not current
superannuation.
- noun the property of being out of date and not current
- factualness1/5
factualness
- noun the quality of being actual or based on fact
factuality.
- the realm of factuality must be distinguished from the realm of imagination
- noun the quality of being actual or based on fact
- difficultness1/5
difficultness
- noun the quality of being difficult
difficulty.
- they agreed about the difficulty of the climb
- noun the quality of being difficult
- curliness1/5
curliness
- noun (of hair) a tendency to curl
waviness.
- noun (of hair) a tendency to curl
- fitfulness1/5
fitfulness
- noun the quality of being spasmodic and irregular
jerkiness.
- noun the quality of being spasmodic and irregular
- impreciseness1/5
impreciseness
- noun the quality of lacking precision
imprecision.
- noun the quality of lacking precision
- sogginess1/5
sogginess
- noun a heavy wetness
- noun a heavy wetness
- surprisingness1/5
surprisingness
- noun extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected
unexpectedness.
- the unexpectedness of the warm welcome
- noun extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected
- meritoriousness1/5
meritoriousness
- noun the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
deservingness; merit.
- there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded
- noun the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
- slovenliness1/5
slovenliness
- noun a lack of order and tidiness; not cared for
unkemptness; sloppiness.
- noun habitual uncleanliness
- noun a lack of order and tidiness; not cared for
- slimness1/5
slimness
- noun a small margin
narrowness; narrow margin.
- the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory
- the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote
- noun the property of an attractively thin person
slightness; slenderness.
- noun a small margin
- preciseness1/5
preciseness
- noun clarity as a consequence of precision
clearcutness.
- noun the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance
precision.
- he handled it with the preciseness of an automaton
- note the meticulous precision of his measurements
- noun clarity as a consequence of precision
- haziness1/5
haziness
- noun vagueness attributable to being not clearly defined
- noun cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor
vaporousness; mistiness; vapourousness; steaminess.
- noun vagueness attributable to being not clearly defined
- doggedness1/5
doggedness
- noun persistent determination
perseverance; persistency; tenaciousness; tenacity; pertinacity; persistence.
- noun persistent determination
- speechlessness1/5
speechlessness
- noun the property of being speechless
- noun the property of being speechless
- sordidness1/5
sordidness
- noun sordid dirtiness
squalor; squalidness.
- noun unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values
despicability; despicableness; baseness; contemptibility.
- noun sordid dirtiness
- maliciousness1/5
maliciousness
- noun feeling a need to see others suffer
spitefulness; malice; spite; venom.
- noun feeling a need to see others suffer
- gloominess1/5
gloominess
- noun an atmosphere of depression and melancholy
gloom; glumness.
- gloom pervaded the office
- noun a feeling of melancholy apprehension
gloom; sombreness; somberness.
- noun an atmosphere of depression and melancholy
- conclusiveness1/5
conclusiveness
- noun the quality of being final or definitely settled
decisiveness; finality.
- the finality of death
- noun the quality of being final or definitely settled
- interestingness1/5
interestingness
- noun the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)
interest.
- they said nothing of great interest
- primary colors can add interest to a room
- noun the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)
- untrustworthiness1/5
untrustworthiness
- noun the trait of not deserving trust or confidence
untrustiness.
- noun the trait of not deserving trust or confidence
- yellowness1/5
yellowness
- noun yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
yellow.
- noun yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
- unfriendliness1/5
unfriendliness
- noun dislike experienced as an absence of friendliness
- noun an unfriendly disposition
- noun dislike experienced as an absence of friendliness
- artlessness1/5
artlessness
- noun the quality of innocent naivete
naturalness; ingenuousness; innocence.
- noun ingenuousness by virtue of being free from artful deceit
- noun the quality of innocent naivete
- slyness1/5
slyness
- noun shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
guile; craft; foxiness; craftiness; wiliness; cunning.
- noun shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
- drabness1/5
drabness
- noun having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance
dowdiness; homeliness.
- noun having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance
- rowdiness1/5
rowdiness
- noun rowdy behavior
disorderliness; rowdyism; roughness.
- noun rowdy behavior
- tearfulness1/5
tearfulness
- noun sadness expressed by weeping
weepiness.
- noun sadness expressed by weeping
- healthfulness1/5
healthfulness
- noun the quality of promoting good health
- noun the quality of promoting good health
- daintiness1/5
daintiness
- noun the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance
fineness; delicacy.
- the daintiness of her touch
- the fineness of her features
- noun the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance
- devoutness1/5
devoutness
- noun piety by virtue of being devout
religiousness.
- noun piety by virtue of being devout
- groundlessness1/5
groundlessness
- noun the quality of lacking substance or value
idleness.
- the groundlessness of their report was quickly recognized
- noun the quality of lacking substance or value
- feeblemindedness1/5
feeblemindedness
- noun severe mental deficiency
- noun severe mental deficiency
- dreaminess1/5
dreaminess
- noun a relaxed comfortable feeling
languor.
- noun a relaxed comfortable feeling
- scantiness1/5
scantiness
- noun the quality of being meager
leanness; exiguity; meagreness; scantness; poorness; meagerness.
- an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot
- noun the quality of being meager
- lukewarmness1/5
lukewarmness
- noun a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin
tepidity; tepidness.
- noun lack of passion, force or animation
tepidness.
- noun a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin
- shrillness1/5
shrillness
- noun the quality of being sharp or harsh to the senses
- the shrillness of her hair color
- noun having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound
stridence; stridency.
- noun the quality of being sharp or harsh to the senses
- evilness1/5
evilness
- noun the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
evil.
- attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world
- noun the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
- fleetness1/5
fleetness
- noun rapidity of movement
- fleetness of foot
- noun rapidity of movement
- intactness1/5
intactness
- noun the state of being unimpaired
- noun the state of being unimpaired
- graininess1/5
graininess
- noun the quality of being composed of relatively large particles
coarseness; granularity.
- noun the quality of being composed of relatively large particles
- stoutness1/5
stoutness
- noun the property of being strong and resolute
stalwartness.
- noun the property of excessive fatness
corpulence; overweight; adiposis.
- noun the property of being strong and resolute
- subversiveness1/5
subversiveness
- noun disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior
traitorousness; treason.
- noun disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior
- absentmindedness1/5
absentmindedness
- noun preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored
- noun preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored
- sumptuousness1/5
sumptuousness
- noun wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
luxury; luxuriousness; opulence.
- noun the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive
lavishness; luxury; sumptuosity.
- noun wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
- pointedness1/5
pointedness
- noun the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
point.
- noun the quality of being obviously directed at a particular person or thing
- the pointedness of his sarcasm was unmistakable
- noun the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
- fretfulness1/5
fretfulness
- noun an irritable petulant feeling
irritability; choler; crossness; petulance; peevishness; fussiness.
- noun an irritable petulant feeling
- glibness1/5
glibness
- noun a kind of fluent easy superficiality
slickness.
- the glibness of a high-pressure salesman
- noun a kind of fluent easy superficiality
- deadliness1/5
deadliness
- noun the quality of being deadly
lethality.
- noun the quality of being deadly
- itchiness1/5
itchiness
- noun an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch
itching; itch.
- noun an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch
- thriftiness1/5
thriftiness
- noun frugality in the expenditure of money or resources
economy.
- the Scots are famous for their economy
- noun frugality in the expenditure of money or resources
- trueness1/5
trueness
- noun conformity to reality or actuality
the true; truth; verity.
- they debated the truth of the proposition
- the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat
- he was famous for the truth of his portraits
- he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities
- noun the quality of being loyal
loyalty.
- noun conformity to reality or actuality
- unattractiveness1/5
unattractiveness
- noun an ugliness of appearance that is not appealing to viewers
- noun an ugliness of appearance that is not appealing to viewers
- contradictoriness1/5
contradictoriness
- noun the relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist
- noun the relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist
- moroseness1/5
moroseness
- noun a gloomy ill-tempered feeling
sullenness; glumness.
- noun a sullen moody resentful disposition
sulkiness; sullenness; sourness.
- noun a gloomy ill-tempered feeling
- indeterminateness1/5
indeterminateness
- noun the quality of being vague and poorly defined
indetermination; indefiniteness; indeterminacy; indefinity.
- noun the quality of being vague and poorly defined
- incisiveness1/5
incisiveness
- noun keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect
trenchancy.
- noun keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect
- effortlessness1/5
effortlessness
- noun the quality of requiring little effort
- such effortlessness is achieved only after hours of practice
- noun the quality of requiring little effort
- mischievousness1/5
mischievousness
- noun an attribute of mischievous children
badness; naughtiness.
- noun the trait of behaving like an imp
puckishness; impishness; whimsicality.
- noun an attribute of mischievous children
- guiltiness1/5
guiltiness
- noun the state of having committed an offense
guilt.
- noun the state of having committed an offense
- contentedness1/5
contentedness
- noun the state of being contented with your situation in life
content.
- he relaxed in sleepy contentedness
- they could read to their heart's content
- noun the state of being contented with your situation in life
- fittingness1/5
fittingness
- noun the quality of being suitable
fitness.
- they had to prove their fitness for the position
- noun the quality of being suitable
- mightiness1/5
mightiness
- noun physical strength
might; power.
- noun physical strength
- heinousness1/5
heinousness
- noun the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
barbarousness; atrocity; atrociousness; barbarity.
- noun the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
- dissoluteness1/5
dissoluteness
- noun indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures
incontinence; self-gratification.
- noun indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures
- succinctness1/5
succinctness
- noun terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
conciseness; pithiness; concision.
- noun terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
- spuriousness1/5
spuriousness
- noun state of lacking genuineness
- noun state of lacking genuineness
- compulsiveness1/5
compulsiveness
- noun the trait of acting compulsively
compulsivity.
- noun the trait of acting compulsively
- apprehensiveness1/5
apprehensiveness
- noun fearful expectation or anticipation
apprehension; dread.
- the student looked around the examination room with apprehension
- noun fearful expectation or anticipation
- clannishness1/5
clannishness
- noun tendency to associate with only a select group
cliquishness; exclusiveness.
- noun tendency to associate with only a select group
- huskiness1/5
huskiness
- noun the property of being big and strong
ruggedness; toughness.
- noun a throaty harshness
hoarseness; gruffness.
- noun the property of being big and strong
- lonesomeness1/5
lonesomeness
- noun a disposition toward being alone
solitariness; aloneness; loneliness.
- noun a disposition toward being alone
- pinkness1/5
pinkness
- noun the quality of being pink
- noun the quality of being pink
- voicelessness1/5
voicelessness
- noun a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice
aphonia.
- noun speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
whispering; whisper; susurration.
- noun a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice
- feverishness1/5
feverishness
- noun a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
febricity; fever; febrility; pyrexia.
- noun a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
- affectedness1/5
affectedness
- noun the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others)
- noun a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
affectation; pose; mannerism.
- noun the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others)
- spitefulness1/5
spitefulness
- noun feeling a need to see others suffer
maliciousness; malice; spite; venom.
- noun malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
spite; cattiness; bitchiness; nastiness.
- noun feeling a need to see others suffer
- brownness1/5
brownness
- noun an orange of low brightness and saturation
brown.
- noun an orange of low brightness and saturation
- tackiness1/5
tackiness
- noun the property of being cohesive and sticky
gluiness; gumminess; cohesiveness; glueyness; viscidness; ropiness; viscidity.
- noun tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
tat; cheapness; sleaze.
- noun the property of being cohesive and sticky
- fecklessness1/5
fecklessness
- noun worthlessness due to being feeble and ineffectual
- noun worthlessness due to being feeble and ineffectual
- touchiness1/5
touchiness
- noun feeling easily irritated
testiness; tetchiness.
- noun feeling easily irritated
- frightfulness1/5
frightfulness
- noun the quality of being frightful
- noun the quality of being frightful
- strenuousness1/5
strenuousness
- noun extreme effortfulness
arduousness.
- noun extreme effortfulness
- defenselessness1/5
defenselessness
- noun the property of being helpless in the face of attack
unprotectedness; defencelessness.
- noun the property of being helpless in the face of attack
- forlornness1/5
forlornness
- noun sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
loneliness; desolation.
- noun sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
- blurriness1/5
blurriness
- noun the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines
softness; indistinctness; fogginess; fuzziness.
- noun the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines
- indigenousness1/5
indigenousness
- noun nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place)
autochthony; endemism.
- noun nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place)
- litigiousness1/5
litigiousness
- noun a quarrelsome disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits
- charges of litigiousness and widespread perjury
- noun a quarrelsome disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits
- doubtfulness1/5
doubtfulness
- noun the state of being unsure of something
uncertainty; dubiousness; doubt; dubiety; incertitude.
- noun uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something
doubt; question; dubiousness.
- the dubiousness of his claim
- there is no question about the validity of the enterprise
- noun the state of being unsure of something
- desirableness1/5
desirableness
- noun the quality of being worthy of desiring
desirability.
- noun attractiveness to the opposite sex
desirability; sex appeal; oomph.
- noun the quality of being worthy of desiring
- meagreness1/5
meagreness
- noun the quality of being meager
scantiness; leanness; exiguity; scantness; poorness; meagerness.
- an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot
- noun the quality of being meager
- silkiness1/5
silkiness
- noun the smooth feel of silk fabric
sleekness.
- noun the smooth feel of silk fabric
- stylishness1/5
stylishness
- noun elegance by virtue of being fashionable
swank; smartness; last word; chicness; chichi; modishness; chic.
- noun elegance by virtue of being fashionable
- flabbiness1/5
flabbiness
- noun a flabby softness
limpness; flaccidity.
- noun a flabby softness
- poorness1/5
poorness
- noun the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
poverty; impoverishment.
- noun less than adequate
- the relative poorness of New England farmland
- noun the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
- sulkiness1/5
sulkiness
- noun a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal
sulk.
- stayed home in a sulk
- noun a feeling of sulky resentment
huffishness.
- noun a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal
- obliqueness1/5
obliqueness
- noun the property of being neither parallel nor perpendicular, but at a slanting angle
- noun the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly
deviousness.
- noun the property of being neither parallel nor perpendicular, but at a slanting angle
- tastelessness1/5
tastelessness
- noun the property of having no flavor
flavorlessness; savourlessness; flavourlessness; savorlessness.
- noun inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste
- noun the property of having no flavor
- profoundness1/5
profoundness
- noun extremeness of degree
- the profoundness of his ignorance
- noun wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound
reconditeness; abstruseness; abstrusity; profundity.
- the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs
- noun extremeness of degree
- limpness1/5
limpness
- noun a flabby softness
flabbiness; flaccidity.
- noun a flabby softness
- shapeliness1/5
shapeliness
- noun the quality of having a well-rounded body
voluptuousness; curvaceousness.
- noun the quality of having a well-rounded body
- leakiness1/5
leakiness
- noun the condition of permitting leaks or leakage
- the leakiness of the roof
- the heart valve's leakiness
- the leakiness of the boat made it dangerous to use
- noun the condition of permitting leaks or leakage
- grogginess1/5
grogginess
- noun a dazed and staggering state caused by alcohol
- noun a groggy state resulting from weariness
- noun a dazed and staggering state caused by alcohol
- flimsiness1/5
flimsiness
- noun the property of weakness by virtue of careless construction
shoddiness.
- noun the property of weakness by virtue of careless construction
- motherliness1/5
motherliness
- noun the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
maternalism; maternity; maternal quality.
- the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children
- noun the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
- jauntiness1/5
jauntiness
- noun stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance
nattiness; rakishness; dapperness.
- noun a breezy liveliness
breeziness.
- a delightful breeziness of manner
- noun stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance
- retentiveness1/5
retentiveness
- noun the power of retaining and recalling past experience
retention; retentivity; memory.
- he had a good memory when he was younger
- noun the property of retaining possessions that have been acquired
retentivity.
- noun the power of retaining and recalling past experience
- disagreeableness1/5
disagreeableness
- noun the quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant
- noun an ill-tempered and offensive disposition
- noun the quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant
- somberness1/5
somberness
- noun a state of partial or total darkness
gloom; sombreness.
- he struck a match to dispel the gloom
- noun a feeling of melancholy apprehension
gloom; gloominess; sombreness.
- noun a state of partial or total darkness
- porousness1/5
porousness
- noun the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids
porosity.
- noun the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids
- interestedness1/5
interestedness
- noun the state of being interested
- noun the state of being interested
- namelessness1/5
namelessness
- noun the state of being anonymous
anonymity.
- noun the state of being anonymous
- imaginativeness1/5
imaginativeness
- noun the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
imagination; vision.
- popular imagination created a world of demons
- imagination reveals what the world could be
- noun the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
- obtrusiveness1/5
obtrusiveness
- noun an unwelcome conspicuousness
- noun an unwelcome conspicuousness
- villainess1/5
villainess
- noun a woman villain
- noun a woman villain
- dinginess1/5
dinginess
- noun discoloration due to dirtiness
dinge.
- noun discoloration due to dirtiness
- likeliness1/5
likeliness
- noun the probability of a specified outcome
likelihood.
- noun the probability of a specified outcome
- meagerness1/5
meagerness
- noun the quality of being meager
scantiness; leanness; exiguity; meagreness; scantness; poorness.
- an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot
- noun the quality of being meager
- inevitableness1/5
inevitableness
- noun the quality of being unavoidable
inevitability.
- noun the quality of being unavoidable
- cowardliness1/5
cowardliness
- noun the trait of lacking courage
cowardice.
- noun the trait of lacking courage
- gaudiness1/5
gaudiness
- noun tasteless showiness
tawdriness; glitz; meretriciousness; flashiness; brashness; loudness; garishness.
- noun strident color or excessive ornamentation
garishness.
- noun tasteless showiness
- dubiousness1/5
dubiousness
- noun the state of being unsure of something
uncertainty; doubtfulness; doubt; dubiety; incertitude.
- noun uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something
doubtfulness; doubt; question.
- the dubiousness of his claim
- there is no question about the validity of the enterprise
- noun the state of being unsure of something
- maness1/5
manes
- noun a Persian prophet who founded Manichaeism (216-276)
- noun long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck
mane.
- noun a Persian prophet who founded Manichaeism (216-276)
- wiliness1/5
wiliness
- noun shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
guile; craft; slyness; foxiness; craftiness; cunning.
- noun shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
- rankness1/5
rankness
- noun the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
fertility; prolificacy; richness.
- he praised the richness of the soil
- weeds lovely in their rankness
- noun the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
foulness; malodorousness; fetidness; stinkiness.
- noun the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
- crossness1/5
crossness
- noun an irritable petulant feeling
irritability; choler; fretfulness; petulance; peevishness; fussiness.
- noun a disposition to be ill-tempered
crabbiness; crabbedness.
- noun an irritable petulant feeling
- everlastingness1/5
everlastingness
- noun the property of lasting forever
- noun the property of lasting forever
- pertness1/5
pertness
- noun inappropriate playfulness
archness; perkiness; impertinence; sauciness.
- noun quality of being lively and confident
- there was a pertness about her that attracted him
- noun inappropriate playfulness
- testiness1/5
testiness
- noun feeling easily irritated
tetchiness; touchiness.
- noun feeling easily irritated
- untimeliness1/5
untimeliness
- noun being at an inappropriate time
unseasonableness.
- noun the quality of occurring at an inconvenient time
inopportuneness.
- noun being at an inappropriate time
- safeness1/5
safeness
- noun the quality of being safe
- noun the quality of being safe
- insightfulness1/5
insightfulness
- noun shrewdness shown by keen insight
acumen.
- noun shrewdness shown by keen insight
- bitchiness1/5
bitchiness
- noun malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
spitefulness; spite; cattiness; nastiness.
- noun malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
- muchness1/5
muchness
- noun greatness of quantity or measure or extent
- noun greatness of quantity or measure or extent
- mercilessness1/5
mercilessness
- noun feelings of extreme heartlessness
pitilessness; cruelty; ruthlessness.
- noun inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving
unmercifulness.
- noun feelings of extreme heartlessness
- showiness1/5
showiness
- noun extravagant elaborateness
floridness; flamboyance; floridity.
- he wrote with great flamboyance
- noun extravagant elaborateness
- ruddiness1/5
ruddiness
- noun a healthy reddish complexion
rosiness.
- noun a healthy reddish complexion
- nowness1/5
nowness
- noun the quality of being the present
presentness.
- a study of the pastness of the present and...of the presentness of the past"- R.E.Spiller
- noun the quality of being the present
- frivolousness1/5
frivolousness
- noun the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible
frivolity.
- noun the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible
- reclusiveness1/5
reclusiveness
- noun a disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation
- noun a disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation
- insidiousness1/5
insidiousness
- noun subtle and cumulative harmfulness (especially of a disease)
- noun the quality of being designed to entrap
- noun subtle and cumulative harmfulness (especially of a disease)
- soulfulness1/5
soulfulness
- noun deep feeling or emotion
soul.
- noun deep feeling or emotion
- shiftiness1/5
shiftiness
- noun the quality of being a slippery rascal
slipperiness; rascality; trickiness.
- noun the quality of being changeable in direction
- the shiftiness of the wind caused the boat to veer unpredictably
- noun the quality of being a slippery rascal
- seediness1/5
seediness
- noun a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing
shabbiness; manginess; sleaziness.
- noun a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing
- blondness1/5
blondness
- noun the property of having a naturally light complexion
paleness; fairness.
- noun the property of having a naturally light complexion
- ungratefulness1/5
ungratefulness
- noun a lack of gratitude
ingratitude.
- noun a lack of gratitude
- footedness1/5
footedness
- noun the property of favoring one foot over the other (as in kicking a ball)
- noun the property of favoring one foot over the other (as in kicking a ball)
- briefness1/5
briefness
- noun the temporal property of being very short
- noun the attribute of being brief or fleeting
transience; brevity.
- noun the temporal property of being very short
- ancientness1/5
ancientness
- noun extreme oldness
antiquity.
- noun extreme oldness
- unmanliness1/5
unmanliness
- noun the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)
womanishness; effeminateness; sissiness; softness; effeminacy.
- the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy
- Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness
- he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him
- noun the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)
- worthwhileness1/5
worthwhileness
- noun value sufficient to repay time or effort spent
- noun value sufficient to repay time or effort spent
- fractiousness1/5
fractiousness
- noun the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline
unruliness; willfulness; wilfulness.
- noun the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline
- flakiness1/5
flakiness
- noun informal terms for insanity
daftness; craziness.
- noun having or breaking into thin crisp flakes
- noun informal terms for insanity
- capaciousness1/5
capaciousness
- noun intellectual breadth
roominess.
- the very capaciousness of the idea meant that agreement on fundamentals was unnecessary
- his unselfishness gave him great intellectual roominess
- noun spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building)
spaciousness; commodiousness; roominess.
- the capaciousness of Santa's bag astounded the child
- roominess in this size car is always a compromise
- his new office lacked the spaciousness that he had become accustomed to
- noun intellectual breadth
- learnedness1/5
learnedness
- noun profound scholarly knowledge
eruditeness; encyclopaedism; learning; erudition; encyclopedism; scholarship.
- noun profound scholarly knowledge
- lopsidedness1/5
lopsidedness
- noun an oblique or slanting asymmetry
skewness.
- noun an oblique or slanting asymmetry
- peaceableness1/5
peaceableness
- noun a state that is calm and tranquil
peacefulness.
- noun a state that is calm and tranquil
- amateurishness1/5
amateurishness
- noun something that demonstrates a lack of professional competency
- noun something that demonstrates a lack of professional competency
- defencelessness1/5
defencelessness
- noun the property of being helpless in the face of attack
defenselessness; unprotectedness.
- noun the property of being helpless in the face of attack
- tenaciousness1/5
tenaciousness
- noun persistent determination
perseverance; persistency; doggedness; tenacity; pertinacity; persistence.
- noun persistent determination
- unpretentiousness1/5
unpretentiousness
- noun the quality of being natural and without pretensions
- noun the quality of being natural and without pretensions
- roominess1/5
roominess
- noun intellectual breadth
capaciousness.
- the very capaciousness of the idea meant that agreement on fundamentals was unnecessary
- his unselfishness gave him great intellectual roominess
- noun spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building)
spaciousness; commodiousness; capaciousness.
- the capaciousness of Santa's bag astounded the child
- roominess in this size car is always a compromise
- his new office lacked the spaciousness that he had become accustomed to
- noun intellectual breadth
- duskiness1/5
duskiness
- noun the state of being poorly illuminated
dimness.
- noun a swarthy complexion
darkness; swarthiness.
- noun the state of being poorly illuminated
- gauntness1/5
gauntness
- noun extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
bonyness; emaciation; boniness; maceration.
- noun extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
- dustiness1/5
dustiness
- noun the state of being covered with dust
- noun the state of being covered with dust
- sombreness1/5
sombreness
- noun a state of partial or total darkness
gloom; somberness.
- he struck a match to dispel the gloom
- noun a feeling of melancholy apprehension
gloom; gloominess; somberness.
- noun a state of partial or total darkness
- corruptness1/5
corruptness
- noun the state of being corrupt
- noun lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
corruption.
- noun the state of being corrupt
- fleetingness1/5
fleetingness
- noun the property of lasting for a very short time
ephemeralness; ephemerality.
- noun the property of lasting for a very short time
- piousness1/5
piousness
- noun righteousness by virtue of being pious
piety.
- noun righteousness by virtue of being pious
- vacuousness1/5
vacuousness
- noun indicative of or marked by mental vacuity and an absence of ideas
- the vacuousness of her face belied her feelings
- noun indicative of or marked by mental vacuity and an absence of ideas
- shoddiness1/5
shoddiness
- noun the quality of being cheaply imitative of something better
trashiness.
- noun the property of weakness by virtue of careless construction
flimsiness.
- noun the quality of being cheaply imitative of something better
- pompousness1/5
pompousness
- noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
splashiness; pretentiousness; ostentation; puffiness; inflation; pomposity; ostentatiousness.
- noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
- trickiness1/5
trickiness
- noun the quality of being a slippery rascal
slipperiness; shiftiness; rascality.
- noun the quality of requiring skill or caution
- these puzzles are famous for their trickiness
- noun the quality of being a slippery rascal
- speciousness1/5
speciousness
- noun an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility
meretriciousness.
- the speciousness of his argument
- noun an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility
- profitableness1/5
profitableness
- noun the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome
positiveness; advantageousness; favorableness; positivity; favourableness.
- noun the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit
gainfulness; profitability; lucrativeness.
- noun the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome
- arduousness1/5
arduousness
- noun extreme effortfulness
strenuousness.
- noun extreme effortfulness
- roundedness1/5
roundedness
- noun the property possessed by a rounded convexity
bulginess.
- noun the property possessed by a rounded convexity
- fallaciousness1/5
fallaciousness
- noun result of a fallacy or error in reasoning
- noun result of a fallacy or error in reasoning
- litheness1/5
litheness
- noun the gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple
suppleness; lissomeness.
- noun the gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple
- cheekiness1/5
cheekiness
- noun the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
impertinence; freshness; crust; impudence; gall; insolence.
- noun the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
- odiousness1/5
odiousness
- noun the quality of being offensive
distastefulness; offensiveness.
- noun the quality of being offensive
- contemporaneousness1/5
contemporaneousness
- noun the quality of being current or of the present
contemporaneity; modernity; modernness; modernism.
- a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village
- noun the quality of belonging to the same period of time
contemporaneity.
- noun the quality of being current or of the present
- abstruseness1/5
abstruseness
- noun the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
reconditeness; obscureness; obscurity.
- noun wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound
reconditeness; abstrusity; profoundness; profundity.
- the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs
- noun the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
- mawkishness1/5
mawkishness
- noun insincere pathos
bathos.
- noun falsely emotional in a maudlin way
sentimentality; soupiness; drippiness; mushiness; sloppiness.
- noun insincere pathos
- ingeniousness1/5
ingeniousness
- noun the power of creative imagination
inventiveness; cleverness; ingenuity.
- noun the property of being ingenious
cleverness; ingenuity.
- a plot of great ingenuity
- the cleverness of its design
- noun the power of creative imagination
- wiseness1/5
wiseness
- noun the quality of being prudent and sensible
soundness; wisdom.
- noun the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight
wisdom.
- noun the quality of being prudent and sensible
- comfortableness1/5
comfortableness
- noun a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
comfort.
- he is a man who enjoys his comfort
- she longed for the comfortableness of her armchair
- noun a feeling of being at ease in a relationship
- noun a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
- bloodiness1/5
bloodiness
- noun the state of being bloody
- noun a disposition to shed blood
bloodthirstiness.
- noun the state of being bloody
- prickliness1/5
prickliness
- noun the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines
bristliness; spininess; thorniness.
- noun the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines
- unsightliness1/5
unsightliness
- noun ugliness that is unpleasant to look at
- noun ugliness that is unpleasant to look at
- repetitiousness1/5
repetitiousness
- noun verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions
repetitiveness.
- noun verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions
- affectionateness1/5
affectionateness
- noun a positive feeling of liking
heart; warmness; philia; warmheartedness; tenderness; affection; fondness.
- he had trouble expressing the affection he felt
- the child won everyone's heart
- the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home
- noun a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love
lovingness; fondness; warmth.
- noun a positive feeling of liking
- recentness1/5
recentness
- noun a time immediately before the present
recency.
- noun the property of having happened or appeared not long ago
recency.
- noun a time immediately before the present
- rigorousness1/5
rigorousness
- noun something hard to endure
hardship; rigourousness; severeness; rigor; rigour; asperity; grimness; severity.
- the asperity of northern winters
- noun excessive sternness
harshness; stiffness; severity; severeness; inclemency; rigor; rigour; hardness; rigourousness.
- severity of character
- the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
- the rigors of boot camp
- noun something hard to endure
- breeziness1/5
breeziness
- noun a mildly windy state of the air
windiness.
- noun a breezy liveliness
jauntiness.
- a delightful breeziness of manner
- noun a mildly windy state of the air
- bumpiness1/5
bumpiness
- noun the texture of a surface that has many bumps
- noun the texture of a surface that has many bumps
- serviceableness1/5
serviceableness
- noun the quality of being able to provide good service
useableness; usability; serviceability; usableness.
- noun the quality of being able to provide good service
- perniciousness1/5
perniciousness
- noun grave harmfulness or deadliness
toxicity.
- noun grave harmfulness or deadliness
- paltriness1/5
paltriness
- noun worthlessness due to insignificance
sorriness.
- noun worthlessness due to insignificance
- criticalness1/5
criticalness
- noun a state of critical urgency
criticality; cruciality.
- noun a state of critical urgency
- credulousness1/5
credulousness
- noun tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived
gullibility.
- noun tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived
- uncomfortableness1/5
uncomfortableness
- noun the state of being tense and feeling pain
discomfort.
- noun embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you
self-consciousness; uneasiness.
- noun the state of being tense and feeling pain
- trimness1/5
trimness
- noun a state of arrangement or appearance
trim.
- in good trim
- noun a state of arrangement or appearance
- changefulness1/5
changefulness
- noun the quality of being changeable and variable
inconstancy.
- noun the quality of being changeable and variable
- tastefulness1/5
tastefulness
- noun elegance indicated by good taste
- noun elegance indicated by good taste
- simultaneousness1/5
simultaneousness
- noun happening or existing or done at the same time
simultaneity.
- noun happening or existing or done at the same time
- speediness1/5
speediness
- noun a rate that is rapid
quickness; rapidness; celerity; rapidity.
- noun a rate that is rapid
- properness1/5
properness
- noun correct or appropriate behavior
propriety; correctitude.
- noun correct or appropriate behavior
- lustiness1/5
lustiness
- noun the property of being strong and healthy in constitution
hardiness; robustness; validity.
- noun the property of being strong and healthy in constitution
- ineffectualness1/5
ineffectualness
- noun lacking the power to be effective
ineffectuality; ineffectiveness.
- noun lacking the power to be effective
- audaciousness1/5
audaciousness
- noun fearless daring
temerity; audacity.
- noun aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery
audacity.
- he had the audacity to question my decision
- noun fearless daring
- sonorousness1/5
sonorousness
- noun having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
ringing; plangency; reverberance; resonance; vibrancy; sonority.
- noun having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
- insensitiveness1/5
insensitiveness
- noun the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
insensitivity.
- noun the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
- haphazardness1/5
haphazardness
- noun the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
stochasticity; randomness; noise.
- noun the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
- unrelatedness1/5
unrelatedness
- noun the lack of any particular manner of connectedness
- noun the lack of any particular manner of connectedness
- garishness1/5
garishness
- noun tasteless showiness
tawdriness; gaudiness; glitz; meretriciousness; flashiness; brashness; loudness.
- noun strident color or excessive ornamentation
gaudiness.
- noun tasteless showiness
- frostiness1/5
frostiness
- noun coldness as evidenced by frost
- noun a silvery-white color
hoariness.
- noun coldness as evidenced by frost
- sexlessness1/5
sexlessness
- noun having no evident sex or sex organs
asexuality.
- noun having no evident sex or sex organs
- ponderousness1/5
ponderousness
- noun an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency
heaviness.
- a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness
- his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition
- noun the property of being large in mass
massiveness; heft; heftiness; ponderosity.
- noun an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency
- cliquishness1/5
cliquishness
- noun tendency to associate with only a select group
clannishness; exclusiveness.
- noun tendency to associate with only a select group
- spotlessness1/5
spotlessness
- noun the state of being spotlessly clean
immaculateness.
- noun the state of being spotlessly clean
- roguishness1/5
roguishness
- noun the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks
prankishness; rascality.
- noun reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
mischief-making; rascality; mischief; mischievousness; roguery; devilment; deviltry; shenanigan; devilry.
- noun the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks
- burdensomeness1/5
burdensomeness
- noun unwelcome burdensome difficulty
heaviness; onerousness; oppressiveness.
- noun unwelcome burdensome difficulty
- sallowness1/5
sallowness
- noun a sickly yellowish skin color
- noun a sickly yellowish skin color
- staginess1/5
staginess
- noun an artificial and mannered quality
theatricality.
- noun an artificial and mannered quality
- thirstiness1/5
thirstiness
- noun a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall)
aridity; aridness.
- noun a physiological need to drink
thirst.
- noun a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall)
- standoffishness1/5
standoffishness
- noun a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner
withdrawnness; aloofness; remoteness.
- noun a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner
- unjustness1/5
unjustness
- noun the practice of being unjust or unfair
injustice.
- noun the practice of being unjust or unfair
- pithiness1/5
pithiness
- noun terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
conciseness; concision; succinctness.
- noun terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
- unproductiveness1/5
unproductiveness
- noun the quality of lacking the power to produce
- noun the quality of lacking the power to produce
- opportuneness1/5
opportuneness
- noun timely convenience
patness; timeliness.
- noun timely convenience
- erroneousness1/5
erroneousness
- noun inadvertent incorrectness
error.
- noun inadvertent incorrectness
- penuriousness1/5
penuriousness
- noun a state of lacking money
impecuniousness; pennilessness.
- noun a disposition to be niggardly with money
- noun a state of lacking money
- passionateness1/5
passionateness
- noun a strong feeling or emotion
passion.
- noun a strong feeling or emotion
- valuelessness1/5
valuelessness
- noun having none of the properties that endow something with value
- noun having none of the properties that endow something with value
- fortuitousness1/5
fortuitousness
- noun the quality of happening accidentally and by lucky chance
- noun the quality of happening accidentally and by lucky chance
- modernness1/5
modernness
- noun the quality of being current or of the present
contemporaneity; modernity; contemporaneousness; modernism.
- a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village
- noun the quality of being current or of the present
- soundlessness1/5
soundlessness
- noun the property of making no sound
quietness.
- noun the property of making no sound
- swarthiness1/5
swarthiness
- noun a swarthy complexion
duskiness; darkness.
- noun a swarthy complexion
- colorlessness1/5
colorlessness
- noun the visual property of being without chromatic color
colourlessness; achromaticity; achromatism.
- noun the visual property of being without chromatic color
- gracelessness1/5
gracelessness
- noun an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression
ungracefulness.
- noun the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
clumsiness; stiffness; awkwardness.
- noun an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression
- temperateness1/5
temperateness
- noun moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities
sunshine; fair weather.
- noun exhibiting restraint imposed on the self
self-restraint.
- an effective temperateness in debate
- noun moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities
- sleaziness1/5
sleaziness
- noun morally dishonorable
- an embarrassing sleaziness that I hope will be corrected by the more ethical newspapers
- noun a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing
shabbiness; manginess; seediness.
- noun morally dishonorable
- bountifulness1/5
bountifulness
- noun the property of copious abundance
amplitude; bounty.
- noun the property of copious abundance
- chumminess1/5
chumminess
- noun the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
comradeship; camaraderie; comradeliness; comradery.
- noun the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
- currentness1/5
currentness
- noun the property of belonging to the present time
currency; up-to-dateness.
- the currency of a slang term
- noun the property of belonging to the present time
- noxiousness1/5
noxiousness
- noun the quality of being noxious
noisomeness; harmfulness.
- noun the quality of being noxious
- cattiness1/5
cattiness
- noun malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
spitefulness; spite; bitchiness; nastiness.
- noun malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
- abstractedness1/5
abstractedness
- noun preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
abstraction.
- noun preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
- ceremoniousness1/5
ceremoniousness
- noun a ceremonial manner
- noun a ceremonial manner
- skinniness1/5
skinniness
- noun the bodily property of lacking flesh
scrawniness.
- noun the bodily property of lacking flesh
- obligingness1/5
obligingness
- noun a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
deference; compliance; complaisance; compliancy.
- noun a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
- disparateness1/5
disparateness
- noun utter dissimilarity
distinctiveness.
- noun utter dissimilarity
- dowdiness1/5
dowdiness
- noun having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance
drabness; homeliness.
- noun having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance
- windiness1/5
windiness
- noun a mildly windy state of the air
breeziness.
- noun boring verbosity
prolixity; long-windedness; wordiness; prolixness.
- noun a mildly windy state of the air
- weepiness1/5
weepiness
- noun sadness expressed by weeping
tearfulness.
- noun sadness expressed by weeping
- thriftlessness1/5
thriftlessness
- noun the trait of wasting resources
wastefulness; waste.
- a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste
- the wastefulness of missed opportunities
- noun the trait of wasting resources
- plenteousness1/5
plenteousness
- noun a full supply
plentifulness; plentitude; plenty; plenitude.
- there was plenty of food for everyone
- noun a full supply
- fatherliness1/5
fatherliness
- noun the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father
paternal quality.
- the gentleness and fatherliness of the strange old man eased her fears
- noun the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father
- distastefulness1/5
distastefulness
- noun extreme unpalatability to the mouth
disgustingness; nauseatingness; unsavoriness; sickeningness.
- noun the quality of being offensive
offensiveness; odiousness.
- noun extreme unpalatability to the mouth
- illicitness1/5
illicitness
- noun the quality of not conforming strictly to law
- noun the quality of not conforming strictly to law
- mushiness1/5
mushiness
- noun a mushy pulpy softness
pulpiness.
- noun falsely emotional in a maudlin way
sentimentality; soupiness; drippiness; mawkishness; sloppiness.
- noun a mushy pulpy softness
- alikeness1/5
alikeness
- noun similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
similitude; likeness.
- man created God in his own likeness
- noun similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
- roadworthiness1/5
roadworthiness
- noun (of motor vehicles) the quality of being fit to drive on the open road
- noun (of motor vehicles) the quality of being fit to drive on the open road
- hawkishness1/5
hawkishness
- noun any political orientation favoring aggressive policies
- noun any political orientation favoring aggressive policies
- immaculateness1/5
immaculateness
- noun the state of being spotlessly clean
spotlessness.
- noun the state of being spotlessly clean
- hazardousness1/5
hazardousness
- noun the state of being dangerous
perilousness.
- noun the state of being dangerous
- pridefulness1/5
pridefulness
- noun a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
pride.
- noun a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
- spontaneousness1/5
spontaneousness
- noun the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint
spontaneity.
- the spontaneity of his laughter
- noun the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint
- grubbiness1/5
grubbiness
- noun the state of being grimy
griminess.
- noun the state of being grimy
- modishness1/5
modishness
- noun elegance by virtue of being fashionable
stylishness; swank; smartness; last word; chicness; chichi; chic.
- noun elegance by virtue of being fashionable
- ostentatiousness1/5
ostentatiousness
- noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
splashiness; pompousness; pretentiousness; ostentation; puffiness; inflation; pomposity.
- noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
- adequateness1/5
adequateness
- noun the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule"
adequacy.
- noun the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule"
- stationariness1/5
stationariness
- noun remaining in place
fixedness; immobility.
- noun remaining in place
- shrewishness1/5
shrewishness
- noun a nature given to nagging or scolding
- noun a nature given to nagging or scolding
- conceitedness1/5
conceitedness
- noun the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
conceit; vanity.
- noun the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
- wanness1/5
wanness
- noun unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
pallor; lividity; achromasia; luridness; paleness; pallidness; lividness.
- noun unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
- colourlessness1/5
colourlessness
- noun the visual property of being without chromatic color
achromaticity; achromatism; colorlessness.
- noun the visual property of being without chromatic color
- maladroitness1/5
maladroitness
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
ineptness; awkwardness; ineptitude; clumsiness; slowness.
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
- plentifulness1/5
plentifulness
- noun a full supply
plentitude; plenteousness; plenty; plenitude.
- there was plenty of food for everyone
- noun a full supply
- invariableness1/5
invariableness
- noun the quality of being resistant to variation
invariability; invariance.
- noun the quality of being resistant to variation
- muskiness1/5
muskiness
- noun having the olfactory properties of musk
- noun having the olfactory properties of musk
- irresoluteness1/5
irresoluteness
- noun the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose
irresolution.
- noun the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose
- ampleness1/5
ampleness
- noun the property of being more than sufficient; comfortable sufficiency
- the ampleness of her servings more than satisfied his hunger
- noun the property of impressive largeness in size
- he admired the ampleness of its proportions
- noun the property of being more than sufficient; comfortable sufficiency
- snowblindness1/5
snowblindness
- noun temporary blindness caused by exposure to sunlight reflected from snow or ice
snow-blindness.
- noun temporary blindness caused by exposure to sunlight reflected from snow or ice
- tameness1/5
tameness
- noun the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated
jejuneness; jejunity; vapidity; vapidness.
- noun the attribute of having been domesticated
domestication.
- noun the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated
- boastfulness1/5
boastfulness
- noun outspoken conceit
vainglory.
- noun outspoken conceit
- relentlessness1/5
relentlessness
- noun mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up
inexorableness; inexorability.
- the relentlessness or their pursuit
- noun mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up
- lightheartedness1/5
lightheartedness
- noun the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you
lightsomeness; carefreeness; insouciance.
- noun the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you
- brusqueness1/5
brusqueness
- noun an abrupt discourteous manner
shortness; curtness; gruffness; abruptness.
- noun an abrupt discourteous manner
- outrageousness1/5
outrageousness
- noun excessive excess
exorbitance.
- noun the quality of being outrageous
enormity.
- noun excessive excess
- lovesickness1/5
lovesickness
- noun a pining for a loved one
- noun a pining for a loved one
- obsessiveness1/5
obsessiveness
- noun extreme compulsiveness
obsessivity.
- noun extreme compulsiveness
- restfulness1/5
restfulness
- noun the attribute of being restful
- he longed for the restfulness of home
- noun the attribute of being restful
- restiveness1/5
restiveness
- noun the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
nervousness; jumpiness; jitteriness.
- noun characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright
skittishness.
- noun the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
- disingenuousness1/5
disingenuousness
- noun the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor
- noun the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor
- meticulousness1/5
meticulousness
- noun strict attention to minute details
punctiliousness; scrupulousness; meticulosity.
- noun strict attention to minute details
- imperiousness1/5
imperiousness
- noun the trait of being imperious and overbearing
domineeringness; overbearingness.
- noun the trait of being imperious and overbearing
- scrupulousness1/5
scrupulousness
- noun conformity to high standards of ethics or excellence
- noun strict attention to minute details
punctiliousness; meticulosity; meticulousness.
- noun conformity to high standards of ethics or excellence
- adventurousness1/5
adventurousness
- noun the trait of being adventurous
venturesomeness.
- noun the trait of being adventurous
- savageness1/5
savageness
- noun the property of being untamed and ferocious
savagery.
- the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters
- a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums
- noun the property of being untamed and ferocious
- brazenness1/5
brazenness
- noun behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame
shamelessness.
- noun behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame
- inconclusiveness1/5
inconclusiveness
- noun the quality of being inconclusive
- noun the quality of being inconclusive
- slothfulness1/5
slothfulness
- noun a disinclination to work or exert yourself
sloth.
- noun a disinclination to work or exert yourself
- pensiveness1/5
pensiveness
- noun persistent morbid meditation on a problem
brooding.
- noun deep serious thoughtfulness
meditativeness; contemplativeness.
- noun persistent morbid meditation on a problem
- unscrupulousness1/5
unscrupulousness
- noun the quality of unscrupulous dishonesty
- noun the quality of unscrupulous dishonesty
- allusiveness1/5
allusiveness
- noun a quality characterized by indirect reference
- noun a quality characterized by indirect reference
- officiousness1/5
officiousness
- noun aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation
meddlesomeness; intrusiveness.
- noun aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation
- presumptuousness1/5
presumptuousness
- noun audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
presumption; assumption; effrontery.
- he despised them for their presumptuousness
- noun audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
- jitteriness1/5
jitteriness
- noun the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
nervousness; jumpiness; restiveness.
- noun the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
- cosiness1/5
cosiness
- noun a state of warm snug comfort
coziness; snugness.
- noun a state of warm snug comfort
- archness1/5
archness
- noun inappropriate playfulness
perkiness; pertness; impertinence; sauciness.
- noun inappropriate playfulness
- considerateness1/5
considerateness
- noun kind and considerate regard for others
consideration; thoughtfulness.
- he showed no consideration for her feelings
- noun kind and considerate regard for others
- respectfulness1/5
respectfulness
- noun courteous regard for people's feelings
deference; respect.
- in deference to your wishes
- out of respect for his privacy
- noun courteous regard for people's feelings
- bulkiness1/5
bulkiness
- noun an unwieldy largeness
massiveness.
- noun an unwieldy largeness
- virtuousness1/5
virtuousness
- noun the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
moral excellence; virtue.
- noun the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
- noisiness1/5
noisiness
- noun the auditory effect characterized by loud and constant noise
racketiness.
- noun the auditory effect characterized by loud and constant noise
- gruffness1/5
gruffness
- noun a throaty harshness
hoarseness; huskiness.
- noun an abrupt discourteous manner
shortness; curtness; abruptness; brusqueness.
- noun a throaty harshness
- juiciness1/5
juiciness
- noun a juicy appetizingness
succulence; succulency.
- noun a juicy appetizingness
- rightfulness1/5
rightfulness
- noun anything in accord with principles of justice
right.
- he feels he is in the right
- the rightfulness of his claim
- noun anything in accord with principles of justice
- tactlessness1/5
tactlessness
- noun the quality of lacking tact
- noun the quality of lacking tact
- mustiness1/5
mustiness
- noun the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy
moldiness; must.
- noun the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy
- crassness1/5
crassness
- noun the quality of being crass--devoid of refinement
crassitude.
- noun the quality of being crass--devoid of refinement
- rareness1/5
rareness
- noun noteworthy scarcity
infrequency; rarity.
- noun noteworthy scarcity
- dutifulness1/5
dutifulness
- noun piety by virtue of devotion to duty
- noun piety by virtue of devotion to duty
- involuntariness1/5
involuntariness
- noun the trait of being unwilling
unwillingness.
- his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made
- in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton
- noun the trait of being unwilling
- ghastliness1/5
ghastliness
- noun the quality of being ghastly
gruesomeness; grimness; luridness.
- noun the quality of being ghastly
- blamelessness1/5
blamelessness
- noun a state of innocence
inculpableness; inculpability; guiltlessness.
- noun a state of innocence
- rapaciousness1/5
rapaciousness
- noun extreme gluttony
edacity; esurience; voracity; rapacity; voraciousness.
- noun an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts)
voraciousness; greediness.
- the greediness of lawyers
- noun extreme gluttony
- abstemiousness1/5
abstemiousness
- noun restricted to bare necessities
- noun moderation in eating and drinking
- noun restricted to bare necessities
- discursiveness1/5
discursiveness
- noun the quality of being discursive
- noun the quality of being discursive
- bloodthirstiness1/5
bloodthirstiness
- noun a disposition to shed blood
bloodiness.
- noun a disposition to shed blood
- primness1/5
primness
- noun excessive or affected modesty
prudery; Grundyism; prudishness.
- noun exaggerated and arrogant properness
priggishness.
- noun excessive or affected modesty
- luxuriousness1/5
luxuriousness
- noun wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
sumptuousness; luxury; opulence.
- noun wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
- temporariness1/5
temporariness
- noun the property of lasting only a short time
- noun the property of lasting only a short time
- curtness1/5
curtness
- noun an abrupt discourteous manner
shortness; gruffness; abruptness; brusqueness.
- noun an abrupt discourteous manner
- mournfulness1/5
mournfulness
- noun a state of gloomy sorrow
ruthfulness; sorrowfulness.
- noun a state of gloomy sorrow
- creaminess1/5
creaminess
- noun the property of having the thickness of heavy cream
soupiness.
- noun the property of having the thickness of heavy cream
- hatefulness1/5
hatefulness
- noun the quality of being hateful
objectionableness; obnoxiousness.
- noun the quality of being hateful
- judiciousness1/5
judiciousness
- noun good judgment
- noun the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating
sagaciousness; sagacity.
- noun good judgment
- oblateness1/5
oblateness
- noun the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles
ellipticity.
- the oblateness of the planet
- noun the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles
- mistiness1/5
mistiness
- noun cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor
vaporousness; vapourousness; steaminess; haziness.
- noun cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor
- punctiliousness1/5
punctiliousness
- noun strict attention to minute details
scrupulousness; meticulosity; meticulousness.
- noun strict attention to minute details
- thereness1/5
thereness
- noun real existence
- things are really there...capture the thereness of them"--Charles Hopkinson
- noun the state of being there--not here--in position
- noun real existence
- ambitiousness1/5
ambitiousness
- noun a strong drive for success
ambition.
- noun a strong drive for success
- nosiness1/5
nosiness
- noun offensive inquisitiveness
snoopiness; prying.
- noun offensive inquisitiveness
- storminess1/5
storminess
- noun the state of being stormy
- he dreaded the storminess of the North Atlantic in winter
- noun violent passion in speech or action
- frightened by the storminess of their argument
- noun the state of being stormy
- furtiveness1/5
furtiveness
- noun a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously
sneakiness; stealthiness.
- noun a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously
- seemliness1/5
seemliness
- noun a sense of propriety and consideration for others
grace.
- a place where the company of others must be accepted with good grace
- noun a sense of propriety and consideration for others
- solicitousness1/5
solicitousness
- noun a feeling of excessive concern
solicitude.
- noun a feeling of excessive concern
- priggishness1/5
priggishness
- noun exaggerated and arrogant properness
primness.
- noun exaggerated and arrogant properness
- candidness1/5
candidness
- noun the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
candor; forthrightness; candour; directness; frankness.
- noun the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
- quarrelsomeness1/5
quarrelsomeness
- noun an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious
contentiousness.
- noun an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious
- impassiveness1/5
impassiveness
- noun apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
stolidity; unemotionality; impassivity; indifference; emotionlessness; phlegm.
- noun apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
- funniness1/5
funniness
- noun a comic incident or series of incidents
comedy; drollery; clowning.
- noun a comic incident or series of incidents
- tawdriness1/5
tawdriness
- noun tasteless showiness
gaudiness; glitz; meretriciousness; flashiness; brashness; loudness; garishness.
- noun tasteless showiness
- sultriness1/5
sultriness
- noun oppressively hot and humid weather
- noun the quality of expressing or arousing sexual desire
- the sultriness of her look was unmistakable
- the sultriness of lust was in the air
- noun oppressively hot and humid weather
- unseemliness1/5
unseemliness
- noun a lack of consideration for others
- noun a lack of consideration for others
- bawdiness1/5
bawdiness
- noun the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
salaciousness; obscenity; salacity; lewdness.
- noun the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
- sauciness1/5
sauciness
- noun inappropriate playfulness
archness; perkiness; pertness; impertinence.
- noun inappropriate playfulness
- objectiveness1/5
objectiveness
- noun judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices
objectivity.
- noun judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices
- ferociousness1/5
ferociousness
- noun the trait of extreme cruelty
savagery; viciousness; brutality.
- noun the trait of extreme cruelty
- snugness1/5
snugness
- noun a state of warm snug comfort
coziness; cosiness.
- noun a state of warm snug comfort
- tendentiousness1/5
tendentiousness
- noun an intentional and controversial bias
- noun an intentional and controversial bias
- ubiquitousness1/5
ubiquitousness
- noun the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once)
ubiquity; omnipresence.
- noun the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once)
- shamefulness1/5
shamefulness
- noun unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor
ignominiousness; disgracefulness.
- noun unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor
- sedateness1/5
sedateness
- noun a trait of dignified seriousness
solemness; staidness; solemnity.
- noun a trait of dignified seriousness
- blissfulness1/5
blissfulness
- noun a state of extreme happiness
cloud nine; bliss; seventh heaven; walking on air.
- noun a state of extreme happiness
- amativeness1/5
amativeness
- noun the arousal of feelings of sexual desire
eroticism; sexiness; erotism; amorousness.
- noun the arousal of feelings of sexual desire
- jumpiness1/5
jumpiness
- noun the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
nervousness; jitteriness; restiveness.
- noun the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
- disjointedness1/5
disjointedness
- noun lacking order or coherence
- noun lacking order or coherence
- lovingness1/5
lovingness
- noun a loving feeling
caring.
- noun a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love
affectionateness; fondness; warmth.
- noun a loving feeling
- lustfulness1/5
lustfulness
- noun a strong sexual desire
lecherousness; lust.
- noun a strong sexual desire
- murderousness1/5
murderousness
- noun a bloodthirsty hatred arousing murderous impulses
- noun cruelty evidence by a capability to commit murder
- noun a bloodthirsty hatred arousing murderous impulses
- clamminess1/5
clamminess
- noun unpleasant wetness
dankness.
- noun unpleasant wetness
- staunchness1/5
staunchness
- noun loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty
steadfastness.
- noun loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty
- semiconsciousness1/5
semiconsciousness
- noun marginal consciousness
grogginess; stupor; stupefaction.
- his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows
- someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor
- noun marginal consciousness
- appositeness1/5
appositeness
- noun appropriateness for the occasion
aptness.
- the phrase had considerable aptness
- noun appropriateness for the occasion
- favorableness1/5
favorableness
- noun the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome
positiveness; advantageousness; positivity; favourableness; profitableness.
- noun the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome
- horniness1/5
horniness
- noun a state of sexual arousal
hotness; hot pants.
- noun a state of sexual arousal
- joylessness1/5
joylessness
- noun a feeling of dismal cheerlessness
- noun a feeling of dismal cheerlessness
- unwieldiness1/5
unwieldiness
- noun the quality of being difficult to direct or control by reason of complexity
- avoiding the unwieldiness of formal legal processes
- the onset of unwieldiness and bureaucracy in large organizations
- noun trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
cumbersomeness; awkwardness.
- the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano
- noun the quality of being difficult to direct or control by reason of complexity
- voraciousness1/5
voraciousness
- noun excessive desire to eat
ravenousness; edacity; esurience; voracity.
- noun extreme gluttony
edacity; esurience; voracity; rapacity; rapaciousness.
- noun excessive desire to eat
- gruesomeness1/5
gruesomeness
- noun the quality of being ghastly
grimness; ghastliness; luridness.
- noun the quality of being ghastly
- demureness1/5
demureness
- noun the trait of behaving with reserve and decorum
- noun the affectation of being demure in a provocative way
coyness.
- noun the trait of behaving with reserve and decorum
- praiseworthiness1/5
praiseworthiness
- noun the quality of being worthy of praise
laudableness; laudability.
- noun the quality of being worthy of praise
- pushiness1/5
pushiness
- noun offensive boldness and assertiveness
bumptiousness; cockiness; forwardness.
- noun offensive boldness and assertiveness
- shamefacedness1/5
shamefacedness
- noun feeling embarrassed about yourself
sheepishness.
- noun feeling embarrassed about yourself
- amiableness1/5
amiableness
- noun a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)
geniality; amiability; affableness; affability; bonhomie.
- noun a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)
- instantaneousness1/5
instantaneousness
- noun the quickness of action or occurrence
immediacy; immediateness; instancy.
- the immediacy of their response
- the instancy of modern communication
- noun the quickness of action or occurrence
- mirthfulness1/5
mirthfulness
- noun great merriment
mirth; gleefulness; glee; hilarity.
- noun great merriment
- faintheartedness1/5
faintheartedness
- noun the trait of lacking boldness and courage
faintness.
- faintness of heart and infirmity of purpose
- noun the trait of lacking boldness and courage
- spinelessness1/5
spinelessness
- noun the quality of lacking a strong character; an irresolute disposition
- noun the quality of lacking a strong character; an irresolute disposition
- pigheadedness1/5
pigheadedness
- noun resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
self-will; stubbornness; obstinacy; obstinance; bullheadedness.
- noun resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
- hardheartedness1/5
hardheartedness
- noun an absence of concern for the welfare of others
heartlessness; coldheartedness.
- noun an absence of concern for the welfare of others
- amorousness1/5
amorousness
- noun a feeling of love or fondness
enamoredness.
- noun the arousal of feelings of sexual desire
eroticism; sexiness; erotism; amativeness.
- noun a feeling of love or fondness
- inauspiciousness1/5
inauspiciousness
- noun the quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result
unpropitiousness.
- noun the quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result
- subjectiveness1/5
subjectiveness
- noun judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts
subjectivity.
- noun judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts
- timorousness1/5
timorousness
- noun fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions
timidness; timidity.
- noun fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities
timidity.
- noun fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions
- laboriousness1/5
laboriousness
- noun the quality of requiring extended effort
operoseness; toilsomeness.
- noun the quality of requiring extended effort
- dankness1/5
dankness
- noun unpleasant wetness
clamminess.
- noun unpleasant wetness
- winsomeness1/5
winsomeness
- noun childlike charm or appeal
- noun childlike charm or appeal
- unlikeliness1/5
unlikeliness
- noun the improbability of a specified outcome
unlikelihood.
- noun the improbability of a specified outcome
- immediateness1/5
immediateness
- noun the quickness of action or occurrence
immediacy; instancy; instantaneousness.
- the immediacy of their response
- the instancy of modern communication
- noun lack of an intervening or mediating agency
immediacy.
- the immediacy of television coverage
- noun the quickness of action or occurrence
- kindheartedness1/5
kindheartedness
- noun sympathy arising from a kind heart
kind-heartedness.
- noun sympathy arising from a kind heart
- flashiness1/5
flashiness
- noun tasteless showiness
tawdriness; gaudiness; glitz; meretriciousness; brashness; loudness; garishness.
- noun tasteless showiness
- obnoxiousness1/5
obnoxiousness
- noun the quality of being hateful
objectionableness; hatefulness.
- noun the quality of being hateful
- convincingness1/5
convincingness
- noun the power of argument or evidence to cause belief
- noun the power of argument or evidence to cause belief
- germaneness1/5
germaneness
- noun pertinence by virtue of a close relation to the matter at hand
- noun pertinence by virtue of a close relation to the matter at hand
- ungainliness1/5
ungainliness
- noun the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant
gawkiness.
- noun the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant
- agelessness1/5
agelessness
- noun the quality of being timeless and eternal
- noun the quality of being timeless and eternal
- sheepishness1/5
sheepishness
- noun feeling embarrassed about yourself
shamefacedness.
- noun feeling embarrassed about yourself
- continuousness1/5
continuousness
- noun the quality of something that continues without end or interruption
incessancy; ceaselessness; incessantness.
- noun the quality of something that continues without end or interruption
- friendlessness1/5
friendlessness
- noun being without friends
- noun being without friends
- sneakiness1/5
sneakiness
- noun a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously
furtiveness; stealthiness.
- noun a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously
- jaggedness1/5
jaggedness
- noun something irregular like a bump or crack in a smooth surface
- noun something irregular like a bump or crack in a smooth surface
- inconspicuousness1/5
inconspicuousness
- noun the quality of being not easily seen
- noun the quality of being not easily seen
- cocksureness1/5
cocksureness
- noun total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
overconfidence; certitude.
- noun total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
- blitheness1/5
blitheness
- noun a feeling of spontaneous good spirits
cheerfulness.
- his cheerfulness made everyone feel better
- noun a feeling of spontaneous good spirits
- guiltlessness1/5
guiltlessness
- noun a state of innocence
inculpableness; inculpability; blamelessness.
- noun a state of innocence
- scarceness1/5
scarceness
- noun a small and inadequate amount
scarcity.
- noun a small and inadequate amount
- fatuousness1/5
fatuousness
- noun a ludicrous folly
silliness; absurdity; fatuity.
- the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior
- noun a ludicrous folly
- tunefulness1/5
tunefulness
- noun the property of having a melody
melodiousness.
- noun the property of having a melody
- charitableness1/5
charitableness
- noun generosity as manifested by practicing charity (as for the poor or unfortunate)
- noun generosity as manifested by practicing charity (as for the poor or unfortunate)
- pitilessness1/5
pitilessness
- noun feelings of extreme heartlessness
mercilessness; cruelty; ruthlessness.
- noun mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity
ruthlessness.
- noun feelings of extreme heartlessness
- melodiousness1/5
melodiousness
- noun the property of having a melody
tunefulness.
- noun the property of having a melody
- perfidiousness1/5
perfidiousness
- noun betrayal of a trust
perfidy; treachery.
- noun betrayal of a trust
- salaciousness1/5
salaciousness
- noun the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
obscenity; salacity; bawdiness; lewdness.
- noun the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
- tastiness1/5
tastiness
- noun pleasant palatability
pleasingness.
- noun pleasant palatability
- harmoniousness1/5
harmoniousness
- noun the property of sounding harmonious
consonance.
- noun compatibility in opinion and action
harmony.
- noun the property of sounding harmonious
- sponginess1/5
sponginess
- noun the porosity of a sponge
- noun the property of being able to occupy less space
compressibility; squeezability.
- noun the porosity of a sponge
- venturesomeness1/5
venturesomeness
- noun the trait of being adventurous
adventurousness.
- noun the trait of being adventurous
- lordliness1/5
lordliness
- noun formality in bearing and appearance
dignity; gravitas.
- he behaved with great dignity
- noun overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
high-handedness; haughtiness; hauteur; arrogance.
- noun formality in bearing and appearance
- choppiness1/5
choppiness
- noun used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
rough water; roughness.
- noun used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
- stealthiness1/5
stealthiness
- noun a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously
furtiveness; sneakiness.
- noun a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously
- woodenness1/5
woodenness
- noun the quality of being wooden and awkward
- he criticized the woodenness of the acting
- there was a certain woodenness in his replies
- noun the quality of being wooden and awkward
- leisureliness1/5
leisureliness
- noun slowness by virtue of being leisurely
- noun slowness by virtue of being leisurely
- unknowingness1/5
unknowingness
- noun ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)
ignorantness; nescience; unknowing.
- noun unconsciousness resulting from lack of knowledge or attention
unawareness.
- noun ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)
- demonstrativeness1/5
demonstrativeness
- noun tending to express your feelings freely
- noun tending to express your feelings freely
- perkiness1/5
perkiness
- noun cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface
buoyancy.
- noun inappropriate playfulness
archness; pertness; impertinence; sauciness.
- noun cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface
- glumness1/5
glumness
- noun an atmosphere of depression and melancholy
gloom; gloominess.
- gloom pervaded the office
- noun a gloomy ill-tempered feeling
moroseness; sullenness.
- noun an atmosphere of depression and melancholy
- avariciousness1/5
avariciousness
- noun extreme greed for material wealth
avarice; covetousness; cupidity.
- noun extreme greed for material wealth
- chubbiness1/5
chubbiness
- noun the property of having a plump and round body
pudginess; tubbiness; rolypoliness.
- noun the property of having a plump and round body
- faultlessness1/5
faultlessness
- noun the quality of being without an error or fault
impeccability.
- noun the quality of being without an error or fault
- assiduousness1/5
assiduousness
- noun great and constant diligence and attention
concentration; assiduity.
- noun great and constant diligence and attention
- ruefulness1/5
ruefulness
- noun sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
sorrow; regret; rue.
- he drank to drown his sorrows
- he wrote a note expressing his regret
- to his rue, the error cost him the game
- noun sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
- cumbersomeness1/5
cumbersomeness
- noun trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
unwieldiness; awkwardness.
- the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano
- noun trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
- wishfulness1/5
wishfulness
- noun an unrealistic yearning
- noun an unrealistic yearning
- sensibleness1/5
sensibleness
- noun the quality of showing good sense or practical judgment
- noun the quality of showing good sense or practical judgment
- cheerlessness1/5
cheerlessness
- noun a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness
uncheerfulness.
- noun a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness
- noiselessness1/5
noiselessness
- noun the property of making no noise
- noun the property of making no noise
- discreetness1/5
discreetness
- noun knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
prudence; circumspection; discretion.
- the servants showed great tact and discretion
- noun subtly skillful handling of a situation
finesse; delicacy; diplomacy.
- noun knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
- graveness1/5
graveness
- noun a manner that is serious and solemn
sobriety; gravity; soberness; sombreness; somberness.
- noun a manner that is serious and solemn
- bumptiousness1/5
bumptiousness
- noun offensive boldness and assertiveness
pushiness; cockiness; forwardness.
- noun offensive boldness and assertiveness
- courageousness1/5
courageousness
- noun a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
braveness; courage; bravery.
- noun a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
- heartsickness1/5
heartsickness
- noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
despondency; disconsolateness; despondence.
- noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
- bullheadedness1/5
bullheadedness
- noun resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
pigheadedness; self-will; stubbornness; obstinacy; obstinance.
- noun resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
- forgivingness1/5
forgivingness
- noun tendency to be kind and forgiving
kindness.
- noun tendency to be kind and forgiving
- tiresomeness1/5
tiresomeness
- noun dullness owing to length or slowness
tedium; tediousness.
- noun dullness owing to length or slowness
- meddlesomeness1/5
meddlesomeness
- noun aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation
officiousness; intrusiveness.
- noun aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation
- tininess1/5
tininess
- noun the property of being very small in size
diminutiveness; minuteness; weeness; petiteness.
- hence the minuteness of detail in the painting
- noun the property of being very small in size
- braveness1/5
braveness
- noun a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
courageousness; courage; bravery.
- noun a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
- hereness1/5
hereness
- noun the state of being here in this place
- noun the state of being here in this place
- foresightedness1/5
foresightedness
- noun providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future
foresight; foresightfulness.
- noun providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future
- tirelessness1/5
tirelessness
- noun tireless determination
indefatigableness; indefatigability.
- noun tireless determination
- staidness1/5
staidness
- noun a trait of dignified seriousness
solemness; sedateness; solemnity.
- noun a trait of dignified seriousness
- mugginess1/5
mugginess
- noun a state of warm humidity
- noun a state of warm humidity
- favourableness1/5
favourableness
- noun the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome
positiveness; advantageousness; favorableness; positivity; profitableness.
- noun the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome
- diminutiveness1/5
diminutiveness
- noun the property of being very small in size
minuteness; weeness; petiteness; tininess.
- hence the minuteness of detail in the painting
- noun the property of being very small in size
- heedfulness1/5
heedfulness
- noun the trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities
mindfulness.
- noun the trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities
- dumpiness1/5
dumpiness
- noun a short and stout physique
squattiness.
- noun a short and stout physique
- merriness1/5
merriness
- noun the trait of merry joking
jocoseness; humorousness; jocosity.
- noun the trait of merry joking
- irreligiousness1/5
irreligiousness
- noun the quality of not being devout
irreligion.
- noun the quality of not being devout
- humorousness1/5
humorousness
- noun the trait of merry joking
merriness; jocoseness; jocosity.
- noun the trait of merry joking
- auspiciousness1/5
auspiciousness
- noun the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result
propitiousness.
- noun the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result
- vengefulness1/5
vengefulness
- noun a malevolent desire for revenge
vindictiveness.
- noun a malevolent desire for revenge
- preakness1/5
preakness
- noun an annual race for three-year-old horses; held at Pimlico in Baltimore, Maryland
- noun an annual race for three-year-old horses; held at Pimlico in Baltimore, Maryland
- impoliteness1/5
impoliteness
- noun a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage
- noun a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage
- prudishness1/5
prudishness
- noun excessive or affected modesty
primness; prudery; Grundyism.
- noun excessive or affected modesty
- superciliousness1/5
superciliousness
- noun the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior
condescension; disdainfulness.
- noun the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior
- facetiousness1/5
facetiousness
- noun playful humor
- noun playful humor
- deliciousness1/5
deliciousness
- noun extreme appetizingness
toothsomeness; delectability; lusciousness.
- noun extreme appetizingness
- impetuousness1/5
impetuousness
- noun rash impulsiveness
impetuosity.
- noun rash impulsiveness
- boisterousness1/5
boisterousness
- noun a turbulent and stormy state of the sea
- noun the property of being noisy and lively and unrestrained
- noun a turbulent and stormy state of the sea
- shiftlessness1/5
shiftlessness
- noun a failure to be active as a consequence of lack of initiative or ambition
- noun a failure to be active as a consequence of lack of initiative or ambition
- implicitness1/5
implicitness
- noun inexplicitness as a consequence of being implied or indirect
- noun inexplicitness as a consequence of being implied or indirect
- tactfulness1/5
tactfulness
- noun consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense
tact.
- noun consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense
- bookishness1/5
bookishness
- noun exaggerated studiousness
- noun exaggerated studiousness
- precociousness1/5
precociousness
- noun intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules
precocity.
- noun intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules
- flightiness1/5
flightiness
- noun the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
arbitrariness; whimsy; whimsicality; capriciousness; whimsey.
- I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory
- noun the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
- unobtrusiveness1/5
unobtrusiveness
- noun the quality of not sticking out in an unwelcome way
- noun the quality of not sticking out in an unwelcome way
- studiousness1/5
studiousness
- noun diligent study
- noun diligent study
- skittishness1/5
skittishness
- noun characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright
restiveness.
- noun characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright
- sanctimoniousness1/5
sanctimoniousness
- noun the quality of being hypocritically devout
sanctimony.
- noun the quality of being hypocritically devout
- inconsiderateness1/5
inconsiderateness
- noun the quality of failing to be considerate of others
inconsideration; thoughtlessness.
- noun the quality of failing to be considerate of others
- airsickness1/5
airsickness
- noun motion sickness experienced while traveling by air (especially during turbulence)
air sickness.
- noun motion sickness experienced while traveling by air (especially during turbulence)
- plaintiveness1/5
plaintiveness
- noun expressing sorrowfulness
- noun expressing sorrowfulness
- sportiveness1/5
sportiveness
- noun lively high-spirited playfulness
frolicsomeness; friskiness.
- noun lively high-spirited playfulness
- impishness1/5
impishness
- noun the trait of behaving like an imp
mischievousness; puckishness; whimsicality.
- noun the trait of behaving like an imp
- lusciousness1/5
lusciousness
- noun extreme appetizingness
toothsomeness; deliciousness; delectability.
- noun extreme appetizingness
- unctuousness1/5
unctuousness
- noun smug self-serving earnestness
oleaginousness; fulsomeness; unction; oiliness; smarminess.
- noun smug self-serving earnestness
- unselfconsciousness1/5
unselfconsciousness
- noun the quality of being not self-conscious; unawareness of yourself or of others' views of yourself
- he had the unselfconsciousness of a child
- noun the quality of being not self-conscious; unawareness of yourself or of others' views of yourself
- foppishness1/5
foppishness
- noun the manner and dress of a fop or dandy
dandyism.
- noun the manner and dress of a fop or dandy
- stodginess1/5
stodginess
- noun dull and pompous gravity
stuffiness.
- noun dull and pompous gravity
- ungraciousness1/5
ungraciousness
- noun an offensive lack of good manners
- noun an offensive lack of good manners
- becomingness1/5
becomingness
- noun the quality of being becoming
- noun the quality of being becoming
- friskiness1/5
friskiness
- noun lively high-spirited playfulness
frolicsomeness; sportiveness.
- noun lively high-spirited playfulness
- uxoriousness1/5
uxoriousness
- noun foolish fondness for or excessive submissiveness to one's wife
- noun foolish fondness for or excessive submissiveness to one's wife
- contriteness1/5
contriteness
- noun sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
attrition; contrition.
- noun sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
- contemptuousness1/5
contemptuousness
- noun the manifestation of scorn and contempt
- every subordinate sensed his contemptuousness and hated him in return
- noun the manifestation of scorn and contempt
- tenderheartedness1/5
tenderheartedness
- noun warm compassionate feelings
tenderness.
- noun warm compassionate feelings
- unhelpfulness1/5
unhelpfulness
- noun an inability to be helpful
- noun an inability to be helpful
- dauntlessness1/5
dauntlessness
- noun resolute courageousness
intrepidity.
- noun resolute courageousness
- jolliness1/5
jolliness
- noun feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor
jollity; joviality.
- noun feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor
- uncanniness1/5
- freeness1/5
freeness
The state or quality of being free; freedom; liberty; openness; liberality; gratuitousness.
- authoritativeness1/5
authoritativeness
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- firstness1/5
- apartness1/5
apartness
The quality of standing apart.
- thirdness1/5
- punitiveness1/5
- belatedness1/5
- perfectness1/5
perfectness
The quality or state of being perfect; perfection. "Charity, which is the bond of perfectness." Col. iii. 14.
- differentness1/5
- jointness1/5
jointness
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- scottishness1/5
- explosiveness1/5
explosiveness
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- thingness1/5
thingness
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- colorblindness1/5
colorblindness
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- unseaworthiness1/5
unseaworthiness
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- nonobviousness1/5
nonobviousness
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- africanness1/5
- awesomeness1/5
awesomeness
The quality of being awesome.
- secondness1/5
- crashworthiness1/5
- evenhandedness1/5
- gorgeousness1/5
gorgeousness
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- voidness1/5
voidness
The quality or state of being void; mptiness; vacuity; nullity; want of substantiality.
- demoness1/5
demoness
A female demon.
- tremulousness1/5
tremulousness
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- lostness1/5
lostness
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- argumentativeness1/5
argumentativeness
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- intuitiveness1/5
intuitiveness
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- seamlessness1/5
- hugeness1/5
hugeness
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- zealousness1/5
zealousness
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- exhaustiveness1/5
exhaustiveness
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- groundedness1/5
- abusiveness1/5
abusiveness
The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person. Pick out mirth, like stones out of thy ground, Profaneness, filthiness, abusiveness. Herbert.
- infectiousness1/5
infectiousness
The quality of being infectious.
- tenuousness1/5
tenuousness
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- manifoldness1/5
manifoldness
Multiplicity. Sherwood.
- cheeriness1/5
cheeriness
The state of being cheery.
- unbiasedness1/5
- creatureliness1/5
- brutishness1/5
brutishness
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- phoniness1/5
phoniness
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- uncharitableness1/5
uncharitableness
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- burstiness1/5
- twoness1/5
- probusiness1/5
probusiness
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- alienness1/5
- adaptedness1/5
adaptedness
The state or quality of being adapted; suitableness; special fitness.
- lumpiness1/5
lumpiness
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- supineness1/5
supineness
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- contagiousness1/5
contagiousness
Quality of being contagious.
- uprootedness1/5
- demandingness1/5
- hipness1/5
hipness
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- lightfastness1/5
- whatness1/5
- unworldliness1/5
unworldliness
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- openmindedness1/5
- christlikeness1/5
- thusness1/5
- unreadiness1/5
unreadiness
The quality or state of being unready.
- bodiliness1/5
bodiliness
Corporeality. Minsheu.
- russianness1/5
- dailiness1/5
dailiness
Daily occurence. R.
- disruptiveness1/5
disruptiveness
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- conduciveness1/5
conduciveness
The quality of conducing.
- classlessness1/5
classlessness
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- bossiness1/5
bossiness
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- brotherliness1/5
brotherliness
The state or quality of being brotherly.
- obligatoriness1/5
obligatoriness
The quality or state of being obligatory.
- coerciveness1/5
coerciveness
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- thisness1/5
- allness1/5
allness
Totality; completeness. R.The allness of God, including his absolute spirituality, supremacy, and eternity. R. Turnbull.
- guardedness1/5
- lovelessness1/5
lovelessness
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- fatherlessness1/5
fatherlessness
The state of being without a father.
- breathiness1/5
- recursiveness1/5
- spanishness1/5
- inarticulateness1/5
inarticulateness
The state or quality of being inarticulate.
- conservativeness1/5
conservativeness
The quality of being conservative.
- bloodedness1/5
bloodedness
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- disjointness1/5
- guilelessness1/5
guilelessness
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- grittiness1/5
grittiness
The quality of being gritty.
- ludicrousness1/5
ludicrousness
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- monstrousness1/5
monstrousness
The state or quality of being monstrous, unusual, extraordinary. Shak.
- overprotectiveness1/5
overprotectiveness
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- repressiveness1/5
repressiveness
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- flirtatiousness1/5
flirtatiousness
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- limitedness1/5
limitedness
The quality of being limited.
- superconsciousness1/5
superconsciousness
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- citizeness1/5
citizeness
A female citizen. R.
- gentlemanliness1/5
gentlemanliness
The state of being gentlemanly; gentlemanly conduct or manners.
- conciousness1/5
- populousness1/5
populousness
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- gratuitousness1/5
gratuitousness
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- censoriousness1/5
censoriousness
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- trendiness1/5
trendiness
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- momentariness1/5
momentariness
The state or quality of being momentary; shortness of duration.
- peakedness1/5
peakedness
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- descriptiveness1/5
descriptiveness
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- radicalness1/5
radicalness
Quality or state of being radical.
- definitiveness1/5
definitiveness
The quality of being definitive.
- selfness1/5
selfness
Selfishness. Obs. Sir. P. Sidney.
- tacitness1/5
tacitness
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- livingness1/5
livingness
The state or quality of being alive; possession of energy or vigor; animation; quickening.
- abjectness1/5
abjectness
The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility. Grew.
- dauphiness1/5
dauphiness
The title of the wife of the dauphin.
- irksomeness1/5
irksomeness
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- createdness1/5
- selectiveness1/5
selectiveness
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- fruitiness1/5
fruitiness
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- feistiness1/5
- localness1/5
- corrosiveness1/5
corrosiveness
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- intenseness1/5
intenseness
The state or quality of being intense; intensity; as, the intenseness of heat or cold; theintenseness of study or thought.
- unsharpness1/5
- broadmindedness1/5
- threeness1/5
- aversiveness1/5
- cluelessness1/5
- fragmentariness1/5
fragmentariness
The quality or property of being in fragnebts, or broken pieces, incompleteness; want of continuity. G. Eliot.
- shamaness1/5
- dismissiveness1/5
- deathlessness1/5
deathlessness
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- dividedness1/5
- saltness1/5
saltness
The quality or state of being salt, or state of being salt, or impregnated with salt; salt taste; as, the .saltness of sea water
- chieftainess1/5
chieftainess
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- wittedness1/5
wittedness
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- churlishness1/5
churlishness
Rudeness of manners or temper; lack of kindness or courtesy.
- slavishness1/5
slavishness
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- childlikeness1/5
- almightiness1/5
almightiness
Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; unlimited might. Jer. Taylor.
- sickliness1/5
sickliness
The quality or state of being sickly.
- bindingness1/5
bindingness
The condition or property of being binding; obligatory quality. Coleridge.
- outsideness1/5
- outness1/5
outness
The state of being out or beyond; separateness.
- antibusiness1/5
- eventfulness1/5
eventfulness
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- manyness1/5
- passionlessness1/5
- overzealousness1/5
overzealousness
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- prayerfulness1/5
prayerfulness
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- highhandedness1/5
highhandedness
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- ownness1/5
ownness
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- skilfulness1/5
skilfulness
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- canniness1/5
canniness
Caution; crafty management. N. of Eng. & Scot.
- coevalness1/5
- corporateness1/5
- stressfulness1/5
- courteousness1/5
courteousness
The quality of being courteous; politeness; courtesy.
- stoniness1/5
stoniness
The quality or state of being stony.
- nonuniqueness1/5
- manipulativeness1/5
manipulativeness
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- earthliness1/5
earthliness
The quality or state of being earthly; worldliness; grossness; perishableness.
- uncooperativeness1/5
uncooperativeness
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- divineness1/5
divineness
The quality of being divine; superhuman or supreme excellence. Shak.
- facelessness1/5
facelessness
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- forsakenness1/5
forsakenness
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- worklessness1/5
- imitativeness1/5
imitativeness
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- desirelessness1/5
- oughtness1/5
oughtness
The state of being as a thing ought to be; rightness. R. N. W. Taylor.
- sententiousness1/5
sententiousness
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- smokiness1/5
smokiness
The quality or state of being smoky.
- headiness1/5
headiness
The quality of being heady.
- amorphousness1/5
amorphousness
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- addictiveness1/5
addictiveness
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- colorfulness1/5
colorfulness
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- achiness1/5
achiness
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- nuttiness1/5
nuttiness
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- illusoriness1/5
- preposterousness1/5
preposterousness
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- drivenness1/5
- openendedness1/5
openendedness
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- delightfulness1/5
delightfulness
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- wordlessness1/5
- unsettledness1/5
unsettledness
The quality or state of being unsettled.
- normativeness1/5
normativeness
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- deservedness1/5
deservedness
Meritoriousness.
- watertightness1/5
- mixedness1/5
- zaniness1/5
zaniness
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- subtleness1/5
subtleness
The quality or state of being subtle; subtlety.
- variousness1/5
variousness
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- lifelikeness1/5
lifelikeness
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- abidingness1/5
abidingness
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- reductiveness1/5
- truthlikeness1/5
- soullessness1/5
soullessness
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- desperateness1/5
desperateness
Desperation; virulence.
- crowdedness1/5
crowdedness
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- coquettishness1/5
- costiveness1/5
costiveness
An unnatural retention of the fecal matter of the bowels; constipation.
- reactiveness1/5
- pulselessness1/5
pulselessness
The state of being pulseless.
- levelness1/5
levelness
The state or quality of being level.
- westernness1/5
- thatness1/5
- manifestness1/5
manifestness
The quality or state of being manifest; obviousness.
- wrongheadedness1/5
wrongheadedness
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- outsiderness1/5
- masterfulness1/5
masterfulness
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- unskilfulness1/5
- painlessness1/5
painlessness
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- straitness1/5
straitness
The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the .straitness of their circumstances
- goofiness1/5
goofiness
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- canoness1/5
canoness
A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter.
- innerness1/5
- peremptoriness1/5
peremptoriness
The quality of being peremptory; positiveness.
- cumulativeness1/5
- depthlessness1/5
- fancifulness1/5
fancifulness
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- ableness1/5
ableness
Ability of body or mind; force; vigor. Obs. or R.
- innocuousness1/5
innocuousness
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- secondariness1/5
secondariness
The state of being secondary. Full of a girl's sweet sense of secondariness to the object of her love. Mrs. Oliphant.
- portentousness1/5
portentousness
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- sedentariness1/5
sedentariness
Quality of being sedentary.
- bullishness1/5
bullishness
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- complementariness1/5
complementariness
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- windedness1/5
- airtightness1/5
- vivaciousness1/5
vivaciousness
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- wryness1/5
wryness
The quality or state of being wry, or distorted. W. Montagu.
- collectedness1/5
collectedness
A collected state of the mind; self-possession.
- kingliness1/5
kingliness
The state or quality of being kingly.
- hurtfulness1/5
hurtfulness
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- consecutiveness1/5
consecutiveness
The state or quality of being consecutive.
- desolateness1/5
desolateness
The state of being desolate.
- voicedness1/5
voicedness
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- lovableness1/5
lovableness
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- godlikeness1/5
- weediness1/5
weediness
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- drunkeness1/5
- recessiveness1/5
recessiveness
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- vicariousness1/5
vicariousness
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- cunningness1/5
cunningness
Quality of being cunning; craft.
- overtness1/5
overtness
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- devilishness1/5
devilishness
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- betterness1/5
betterness
The quality of being better or superior; superiority. R. Sir P. Sidney.
- prescriptiveness1/5
- superfluousness1/5
superfluousness
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- pitifulness1/5
pitifulness
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- derivativeness1/5
- resentfulness1/5
resentfulness
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- delicateness1/5
delicateness
The quality of being delicate.
- reservedness1/5
reservedness
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- collectiveness1/5
collectiveness
A state of union; mass.
- averseness1/5
averseness
The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness.
- blockiness1/5
- fictiveness1/5
- folksiness1/5
folksiness
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- routineness1/5
- clinginess1/5
- miraculousness1/5
miraculousness
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- spookiness1/5
spookiness
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- ongoingness1/5
- planfulness1/5
- inexpressiveness1/5
inexpressiveness
The state or quality of being inexpressive.
- provocativeness1/5
provocativeness
Quality of being provocative.
- colorfastness1/5
colorfastness
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- simplemindedness1/5
simplemindedness
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- scariness1/5
scariness
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- fearsomeness1/5
- wackiness1/5
wackiness
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- inoffensiveness1/5
inoffensiveness
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- chattiness1/5
chattiness
The quality of being chatty, or of talking easily and pleasantly.
- funkiness1/5
funkiness
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- interactiveness1/5
- assaultiveness1/5
- operativeness1/5
operativeness
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- crunchiness1/5
crunchiness
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- proofness1/5
- hovhaness1/5
hovhaness
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- hominess1/5
hominess
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- fashionableness1/5
fashionableness
State of being fashionable.
- milkiness1/5
milkiness
State or quality of being milky.
- chewiness1/5
chewiness
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- obstructiveness1/5
obstructiveness
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- nonrandomness1/5
- baselessness1/5
baselessness
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- unsureness1/5
unsureness
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- goodliness1/5
goodliness
Beauty of form; grace; elegance; comeliness. Her goodliness was full of harmony to his eyes. Sir P. Sidney.
- unfruitfulness1/5
- teachableness1/5
teachableness
Willingness to be taught.
- upness1/5
upness
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- underhandedness1/5
underhandedness
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- predictiveness1/5
predictiveness
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- clearsightedness1/5
- shiningness1/5
shiningness
Brightness. J. Spence.
- figurativeness1/5
figurativeness
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- colourfulness1/5
colourfulness
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- suppressiveness1/5
- invidiousness1/5
invidiousness
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- fabulousness1/5
fabulousness
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- steeliness1/5
steeliness
The quality of being steely.
- agness1/5
agness
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- blondeness1/5
- frowardness1/5
frowardness
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- faddishness1/5
faddishness
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- augustness1/5
augustness
The quality of being august; dignity of mien; grandeur; magnificence.
- dourness1/5
dourness
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- philoprogenitiveness1/5
philoprogenitiveness
(Phren.) The love of offspring; fondness for children.
- contrastiveness1/5
- sassiness1/5
- fatefulness1/5
fatefulness
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- twofoldness1/5
- standardness1/5
- fiendishness1/5
fiendishness
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- hardheadedness1/5
hardheadedness
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- grouchiness1/5
grouchiness
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- effeteness1/5
effeteness
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- stedfastness1/5
- unlimitedness1/5
unlimitedness
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- factiousness1/5
factiousness
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- floppiness1/5
floppiness
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- remorselessness1/5
remorselessness
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- wooziness1/5
wooziness
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- egregiousness1/5
egregiousness
The state of being egregious.
- ambiguousness1/5
ambiguousness
Ambiguity.
- genericness1/5
- sultaness1/5
- surefootedness1/5
surefootedness
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- womanness1/5
- extendedness1/5
- bushiness1/5
bushiness
The condition or quality of being bushy.
- superstitiousness1/5
superstitiousness
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- needlessness1/5
needlessness
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- spaciness1/5
spaciness
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- choosiness1/5
choosiness
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- needfulness1/5
needfulness
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- distractedness1/5
distractedness
A state of being distracted; distraction. Bp. Hall.
- prayerlessness1/5
- evocativeness1/5
- unloveliness1/5
- fictitiousness1/5
- somethingness1/5
- unwelcomeness1/5
- raucousness1/5
raucousness
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- structurelessness1/5
structurelessness
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- scholarliness1/5
scholarliness
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- horribleness1/5
horribleness
The state or quality of being horrible; dreadfulness; hideousness. The horribleness of the mischief. Sir P. Sidney.
- exaltedness1/5
- withness1/5
- cantankerousness1/5
cantankerousness
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- overeagerness1/5
- thanklessness1/5
thanklessness
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- questionableness1/5
questionableness
The quality or state of being questionable, doubtful, or suspicious.
- levelheadedness1/5
levelheadedness
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- settledness1/5
settledness
The quality or state of being settled; confirmed state. R. Bp. Hall.
- earwitness1/5
earwitness
A witness by means of his ears; one who is within hearing and does hear; a hearer. Fuller.
- homeyness1/5
homeyness
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- portliness1/5
portliness
The quality or state of being portly; dignity of mien or of personal appearance; stateliness. Such pride is praise; such portliness is honor. Spenser.
- deathliness1/5
deathliness
The quality of being deathly; deadliness. Southey.
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humorlessness
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- glassiness1/5
glassiness
The quality of being glassy.
- unquietness1/5
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accurateness
The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.
- clownishness1/5
clownishness
The manners of a clown; coarseness or rudeness of behavior. That plainness which the alamode people call clownishness. Locke.
- exemplariness1/5
exemplariness
The state or quality of being exemplary; fitness to be an example.
- fleshliness1/5
fleshliness
The state of being fleshly; carnal passions and appetites. Spenser.
- airlessness1/5
airlessness
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- mannishness1/5
mannishness
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hypersensitiveness
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wearisomeness
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- datedness1/5
datedness
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unrepresentativeness
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- orderedness1/5
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bearishness
Behavior like that of a bear.
- pickiness1/5
- stupidness1/5
- woolliness1/5
woolliness
The quality or state of being woolly.
- spottiness1/5
spottiness
The state or quality of being spotty.
- openheartedness1/5
openheartedness
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- regressiveness1/5
regressiveness
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- unbusiness1/5
unbusiness
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- overindebtedness1/5
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- crustiness1/5
crustiness
The state or quality of having crust or being like crust; hardness.
- nebulousness1/5
nebulousness
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kinkiness
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- offhandedness1/5
offhandedness
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- gloriousness1/5
gloriousness
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- incredulousness1/5
incredulousness
Incredulity.
- captiousness1/5
captiousness
Captious disposition or manner.
- middleness1/5
- mealiness1/5
mealiness
The quality or state of being mealy.
- frozenness1/5
frozenness
A state of being frozen.
- direness1/5
direness
Terribleness; horror; woefulness. Shak.
- welcomeness1/5
welcomeness
The quality or state of being welcome; gratefulness; agreeableness; kind reception.
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- chillness1/5
chillness
Coolness; coldness; a chill. Death is the chillness that precedes the dawn. Longfellow.
- decidedness1/5
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laddishness
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- clearheadedness1/5
clearheadedness
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- deceivableness1/5
deceivableness
Capability of deceiving. With all deceivableness of unrighteousness. 2 Thess. ii. 10.
- hellishness1/5
hellishness
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- diffusiveness1/5
diffusiveness
The quality or state of being diffusive or diffuse; extensiveness; expansion; dispersion. Especially of style: Diffuseness; want of conciseness; prolixity. The fault that I find with a modern legend, it its diffusiveness. Addison.
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- meetness1/5
meetness
Fitness; suitableness; propriety.
- artiness1/5
artiness
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- bloatedness1/5
bloatedness
The state of being bloated.
- scruffiness1/5
scruffiness
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- illusiveness1/5
illusiveness
The quality of being illusive; deceptiveness; false show.
- bloodlessness1/5
bloodlessness
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- unknowableness1/5
- repleteness1/5
repleteness
The state of being replete.
- haplessness1/5
haplessness
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- sweatiness1/5
sweatiness
Quality or state of being sweaty.
- benightedness1/5
benightedness
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- instructiveness1/5
- haggardness1/5
haggardness
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- queenliness1/5
queenliness
The quality of being queenly; the; characteristic of a queen; stateliness; eminence among women in attractions or power.
- coextensiveness1/5
- preachiness1/5
- approbativeness1/5
approbativeness
The quality of being approbative.
- truthiness1/5
truthiness
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- wondrousness1/5
wondrousness
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- languidness1/5
languidness
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- depressiveness1/5
- roundaboutness1/5
roundaboutness
The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.
- carsickness1/5
carsickness
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- unobviousness1/5
- vociferousness1/5
vociferousness
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ominousness
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- beyondness1/5
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- christianness1/5
christianness
Consonance with the doctrines of Christianity. Obs. Hammond.
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- hyperconsciousness1/5
hyperconsciousness
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Suffixes of ness
- nesses«Word Popularity Bar2/5
ness
- noun a strip of land projecting into a body of water
cape.
- noun a strip of land projecting into a body of water
- nessie2/5
nessie
- noun a large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland
Loch Ness monster.
- noun a large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland
- nessus2/5
- nesselrode1/5
nesselrode
- noun a rich frozen pudding made of chopped chestnuts and maraschino cherries and candied fruits and liqueur or rum
Nesselrode pudding.
- noun a rich frozen pudding made of chopped chestnuts and maraschino cherries and candied fruits and liqueur or rum
Derived words of ness
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tennessee
- noun a state in east central United States
TN; Volunteer State.
- noun a river formed by the confluence of two other rivers near Knoxville; it follows a U-shaped course to become a tributary of the Ohio River in western Kentucky
Tennessee River.
- noun a state in east central United States
- businesses5/5
business
- noun a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
business organisation; business concern; business organization; concern.
- he bought his brother's business
- a small mom-and-pop business
- a racially integrated business concern
- noun the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
commercial enterprise; business enterprise.
- computers are now widely used in business
- noun a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
- witnesses5/5
witness
- noun someone who sees an event and reports what happened
witnesser; informant.
- noun a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
viewer; looker; spectator; watcher.
- the spectators applauded the performance
- television viewers
- sky watchers discovered a new star
- noun someone who sees an event and reports what happened
- witnessed5/5
witness
- noun someone who sees an event and reports what happened
witnesser; informant.
- noun a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
viewer; looker; spectator; watcher.
- the spectators applauded the performance
- television viewers
- sky watchers discovered a new star
- noun someone who sees an event and reports what happened
- weaknesses5/5
weakness
- noun a flaw or weak point
failing.
- he was quick to point out his wife's failings
- noun powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
impuissance; helplessness.
- in spite of their weakness the group remains active
- noun a flaw or weak point
- businessmen4/5
businessmen
- noun the body of individuals who manage businesses
business community.
- noun a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)
businessman; man of affairs.
- noun the body of individuals who manage businesses
- businessman4/5
businessman
- noun a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)
man of affairs.
- noun a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)
- witnessing4/5
witness
- noun someone who sees an event and reports what happened
witnesser; informant.
- noun a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
viewer; looker; spectator; watcher.
- the spectators applauded the performance
- television viewers
- sky watchers discovered a new star
- noun someone who sees an event and reports what happened
- illnesses4/5
illness
- noun impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
malady; unwellness; sickness.
- noun impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
- nonessential3/5
nonessential
- noun anything that is not essential
inessential.
- they discarded all their inessentials
- adjective satellite not of prime or central importance
incidental.
- nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA
- noun anything that is not essential
- harnessed3/5
harnessed
- adjective satellite brought under control and put to use
- electricity from the harnessed Colorado River
- the harnessed power of the atom
- verb put a harness
tackle; harness.
- harness the horse
- adjective satellite brought under control and put to use
- thicknesses3/5
thickness
- noun the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
- noun indistinct articulation
- judging from the thickness of his speech he had been drinking heavily
- noun the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
- harnessing3/5
harness
- noun a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute)
- noun stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
- noun a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute)
- harnesses3/5
harness
- noun a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute)
- noun stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
- noun a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute)
- businesspeople3/5
businesspeople
- noun people who transact business (especially business executives)
business people.
- noun people who transact business (especially business executives)
- eyewitnesses3/5
eyewitness
- noun a spectator who can describe what happened
- verb be present at an event and see it with one's own eyes
- noun a spectator who can describe what happened
- likenesses3/5
likeness
- noun similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
alikeness; similitude.
- man created God in his own likeness
- noun picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
semblance.
- noun similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
- vanessa3/5
vanessa
(Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of handsomely colored butterflies belonging to Vanessa and allied genera. Many of these species have the edges of the wings irregularly scalloped.
- businesslike3/5
businesslike
- adjective satellite exhibiting methodical and systematic characteristics that would be useful in business
- adjective satellite not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal
earnest.
- adjective satellite exhibiting methodical and systematic characteristics that would be useful in business
- finesse3/5
finesse
- noun subtly skillful handling of a situation
delicacy; discreetness; diplomacy.
- noun subtly skillful handling of a situation
- knesset3/5
knesset
- noun the Israeli unicameral parliament
Knesseth.
- noun the Israeli unicameral parliament
- hennessy3/5
hennessy
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- wildernesses2/5
wilderness
- noun (politics) a state of disfavor
- he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness
- noun a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War
- noun (politics) a state of disfavor
- inessential2/5
inessential
- noun anything that is not essential
nonessential.
- they discarded all their inessentials
- adjective not basic or fundamental
unessential.
- noun anything that is not essential
- kindnesses2/5
kindness
- noun the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic
- noun tendency to be kind and forgiving
forgivingness.
- noun the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic
- governesses2/5
governess
- noun a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)
- verb bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
regularize; regularise; regulate; order; govern.
- We cannot regulate the way people dress
- This town likes to regulate
- noun a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)
- fastnesses2/5
fastness
- noun a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
speed; swiftness.
- the project advanced with gratifying speed
- noun the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
secureness; fixity; fixedness; fixture.
- noun a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
- tennessean2/5
tennessean
- noun a native or resident of Tennessee
Volunteer.
- noun a native or resident of Tennessee
- unessential2/5
unessential
- adjective not basic or fundamental
inessential.
- adjective not basic or fundamental
- tennesseans2/5
tennessean
- noun a native or resident of Tennessee
Volunteer.
- noun a native or resident of Tennessee
- finessed2/5
fin
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
quintet; quintuplet; quint; Little Phoebe; cinque; fivesome; 5; Phoebe; V; five; pentad.
- noun one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
tail fin; tailfin.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- consciousnesses2/5
consciousness
- noun an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
- he lost consciousness
- noun having knowledge of
cognisance; knowingness; awareness; cognizance.
- he had no awareness of his mistakes
- his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced
- their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive
- noun an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
- businessperson2/5
businessperson
- noun a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
bourgeois.
- noun a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
- sicknesses2/5
sickness
- noun impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
malady; illness; unwellness.
- noun defectiveness or unsoundness
- drugs have become a sickness they cannot cure
- a great sickness of his judgment
- noun impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
- highnesses2/5
highness
- noun (Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal person
- noun the quality of being high or lofty
loftiness.
- noun (Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal person
- awarenesses2/5
awareness
- noun having knowledge of
cognisance; knowingness; consciousness; cognizance.
- he had no awareness of his mistakes
- his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced
- their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive
- noun state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
sentience.
- the crash intruded on his awareness
- noun having knowledge of
- businesspersons2/5
businessperson
- noun a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
bourgeois.
- noun a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
- businesswoman2/5
businesswoman
- noun a female businessperson
- noun a female businessperson
- businesswomen2/5
businesswoman
- noun a female businessperson
- noun a female businessperson
- stiffnesses2/5
stiffness
- noun the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
- noun the property of moving with pain or difficulty
- he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck
- noun the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
- deaconesses2/5
deaconess
- noun a woman deacon
- noun a woman deacon
- jeunesse2/5
jeunesse
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- nonessentials1/5
nonessential
- noun anything that is not essential
inessential.
- they discarded all their inessentials
- adjective satellite not of prime or central importance
incidental.
- nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA
- noun anything that is not essential
- emptinesses1/5
emptiness
- noun the state of containing nothing
- noun having an empty stomach
- noun the state of containing nothing
- inessentials1/5
inessential
- noun anything that is not essential
nonessential.
- they discarded all their inessentials
- adjective not basic or fundamental
unessential.
- noun anything that is not essential
- littlenesses1/5
littleness
- noun the property of having a relatively small size
smallness.
- noun the property of having relatively little strength or vigor
smallness.
- the smallness of her voice
- noun the property of having a relatively small size
- pettinesses1/5
pettiness
- noun narrowness of mind or ideas or views
- noun the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
puniness; slightness; triviality.
- noun narrowness of mind or ideas or views
- finessing1/5
fin
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
quintet; quintuplet; quint; Little Phoebe; cinque; fivesome; 5; Phoebe; V; five; pentad.
- noun one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
tail fin; tailfin.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- brightnesses1/5
brightness
- noun the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
- noun intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
cleverness; smartness.
- noun the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
- darknesses1/5
darkness
- noun absence of light or illumination
dark.
- noun an unilluminated area
dark; shadow.
- he moved off into the darkness
- noun absence of light or illumination
- meannesses1/5
meanness
- noun the quality of being deliberately mean
beastliness.
- noun extreme stinginess
tightfistedness; parsimoniousness; minginess; niggardliness; closeness; niggardness; tightness; parsimony.
- noun the quality of being deliberately mean
- finesses1/5
finesse
- noun subtly skillful handling of a situation
delicacy; discreetness; diplomacy.
- noun subtly skillful handling of a situation
- politenesses1/5
politeness
- noun a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage
niceness.
- noun the act of showing regard for others
civility.
- noun a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage
- governessing1/5
govern
- verb bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
regularize; regularise; regulate; order.
- We cannot regulate the way people dress
- This town likes to regulate
- verb direct or strongly influence the behavior of
- His belief in God governs his conduct
- verb bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
- agribusinesses1/5
agribusiness
- noun a large-scale farming enterprise
agriculture; factory farm.
- noun a large-scale farming enterprise
- unharnessed1/5
unharness
- verb remove the harness from
- unharness a horse
- verb remove the harness from
- roughnesses1/5
roughness
- noun a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
raggedness.
- noun the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
harshness.
- noun a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
- hardnesses1/5
hardness
- noun the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale
- noun a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering
- the costs of reducing hardness depend on the relative amounts of calcium and magnesium compounds that are present
- noun the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale
- wickednesses1/5
wickedness
- noun morally objectionable behavior
iniquity; evil; immorality.
- noun absence of moral or spiritual values
iniquity; dark; darkness.
- the powers of darkness
- noun morally objectionable behavior
- blindnesses1/5
blindness
- noun the state of being blind or lacking sight
sightlessness; cecity.
- noun the state of being blind or lacking sight
- unpleasantnesses1/5
unpleasantness
- noun the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling
- noun the quality of giving displeasure
- the recent unpleasantness of the weather
- noun the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling
- goodnesses1/5
goodness
- noun that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
good.
- weigh the good against the bad
- among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization
- noun moral excellence or admirableness
good.
- there is much good to be found in people
- noun that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
- sweetnesses1/5
sweetness
- noun the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
sweet; sugariness.
- noun the property of tasting as if it contains sugar
sweet.
- noun the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
- unharnessing1/5
unharness
- verb remove the harness from
- unharness a horse
- verb remove the harness from
- samenesses1/5
sameness
- noun the quality of being alike
- sameness of purpose kept them together
- noun the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
humdrum; monotony.
- he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work
- he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners
- he hated the sameness of the food the college served
- noun the quality of being alike
- bitternesses1/5
bitterness
- noun a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
gall; rancour; rancor; resentment.
- noun a rough and bitter manner
acrimony; tartness; acerbity; thorniness; jaundice.
- noun a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
- prettinesses1/5
prettiness
- noun the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman)
cuteness.
- noun the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman)
- greatnesses1/5
greatness
- noun the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence
illustriousness.
- noun unusual largeness in size or extent or number
grandness; immenseness; vastness; immensity; wideness; enormousness; sizeableness.
- noun the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence
- vastnesses1/5
vastness
- noun unusual largeness in size or extent or number
grandness; immenseness; immensity; greatness; wideness; enormousness; sizeableness.
- noun unusual largeness in size or extent or number
- fitnesses1/5
fitness
- noun the quality of being suitable
fittingness.
- they had to prove their fitness for the position
- noun good physical condition; being in shape or in condition
physical fitness.
- noun the quality of being suitable
- patronesses1/5
patroness
- noun a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron
patronne.
- noun a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron
- happinesses1/5
happiness
- noun state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
felicity.
- noun emotions experienced when in a state of well-being
- noun state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
- mightinesses1/5
mightiness
- noun physical strength
might; power.
- noun physical strength
- sadnesses1/5
sadness
- noun emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
unhappiness.
- noun the state of being sad
sorrow; sorrowfulness.
- she tired of his perpetual sadness
- noun emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
- madnesses1/5
madness
- noun obsolete terms for legal insanity
lunacy; insaneness.
- noun an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain
lyssa; hydrophobia; rabies.
- noun obsolete terms for legal insanity
- tendernesses1/5
tenderness
- noun a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
- noun a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
soreness; rawness.
- the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness
- after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on
- noun a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
- awkwardnesses1/5
awkwardness
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
ineptness; ineptitude; maladroitness; clumsiness; slowness.
- noun the quality of an embarrassing situation
nuisance value.
- he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
- uniquenesses1/5
uniqueness
- noun the quality of being one of a kind
singularity.
- that singularity distinguished him from all his companions
- noun the quality of being one of a kind
- righteousnesses1/5
righteousness
- noun adhering to moral principles
- noun adhering to moral principles
- unlikenesses1/5
unlikeness
- noun dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness
dissimilitude.
- noun dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness
- marchionesses1/5
marchioness
- noun the wife or widow of a marquis
- noun a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess
marquise.
- noun the wife or widow of a marquis
- uneasinesses1/5
uneasiness
- noun feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
edginess; inquietude; disquietude.
- noun physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression)
malaise; unease.
- noun feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
- baronesses1/5
baroness
- noun a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron
- noun a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron
- lionesses1/5
lioness
- noun a female lion
- noun a female lion
- witnesseth1/5
witness
- noun someone who sees an event and reports what happened
witnesser; informant.
- noun a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
viewer; looker; spectator; watcher.
- the spectators applauded the performance
- television viewers
- sky watchers discovered a new star
- noun someone who sees an event and reports what happened
- unwitnessed1/5
unwitnessed
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- unbusinesslike1/5
- canonesses1/5
canoness
A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter.
- tennesseeans1/5
tennesseeans
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- tennesseean1/5
tennesseean
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `ness`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `ness`, some are not.
You can click on each word to see it's meaning.
About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `ness`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `ness`, some are not.
You can click on each word to see it's meaning.