Words that rhyme with badness

  • tepidness
    n 1: a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin [syn: lukewarmness, tepidity, tepidness] 2: lack of passion, force or animation [syn: tepidness, lukewarmness]
  • abstractedness
    n 1: preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else [syn: abstractedness, abstraction]
  • blackness
    n 1: the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) [syn: black, blackness, inkiness] [ant: white, whiteness] 2: total absence of light; "they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night" [syn: total darkness, lightlessness, blackness, pitch blackness, black]
  • broadness
    n 1: the property of being wide; having great width [syn: wideness, broadness] [ant: narrowness]
  • candidness
    n 1: the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech [syn: candor, candour, candidness, frankness, directness, forthrightness]
  • complicatedness
    n 1: puzzling complexity [syn: complicatedness, complication, knottiness, tortuousness]
  • conceitedness
    n 1: the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride [syn: conceit, conceitedness, vanity] [ant: humbleness, humility]
  • connectedness
    n 1: the state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable" [syn: connection, link, connectedness] [ant: disconnectedness, disconnection, disjunction, disjuncture] 2: a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare" [syn: connection, connexion, connectedness] [ant: unconnectedness]
  • contentedness
    n 1: the state of being contented with your situation in life; "he relaxed in sleepy contentedness"; "they could read to their heart's content" [syn: contentedness, content]
  • crabbedness
    n 1: a disposition to be ill-tempered [syn: crabbiness, crabbedness, crossness]
  • crudeness
    n 1: a wild or unrefined state [syn: crudeness, crudity, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness] 2: an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement; "the whole town was famous for its crudeness" [syn: crudeness, crudity, gaucheness] 3: an unpolished unrefined quality; "the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her" [syn: crudeness, roughness]
  • darkness
    n 1: absence of light or illumination [syn: dark, darkness] [ant: light, lighting] 2: an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness" [syn: darkness, dark, shadow] 3: absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness" [syn: iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark] 4: an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness" [syn: dark, darkness] 5: having a dark or somber color [ant: lightness] 6: a swarthy complexion [syn: darkness, duskiness, swarthiness]
  • deadness
    n 1: 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; "she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident"; "in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away" [syn: unresponsiveness, deadness] [ant: responsiveness] 2: the physical property of something that has lost its elasticity; "he objected to the deadness of the tennis balls" 3: the inanimate property of something that has died
  • dementedness
    n 1: mental deterioration of organic or functional origin [syn: dementia, dementedness]
  • disconnectedness
    n 1: state of being disconnected [syn: disjunction, disjuncture, disconnection, disconnectedness] [ant: connectedness, connection, link]
  • disinterestedness
    n 1: freedom from bias or from selfish motives
  • disjointedness
    n 1: lacking order or coherence
  • dispiritedness
    n 1: a feeling of low spirits; "he felt responsible for her lowness of spirits" [syn: downheartedness, dejectedness, low-spiritedness, lowness, dispiritedness]
  • downheartedness
    n 1: a feeling of low spirits; "he felt responsible for her lowness of spirits" [syn: downheartedness, dejectedness, low-spiritedness, lowness, dispiritedness]
  • flatness
    n 1: the property of having two dimensions [syn: two- dimensionality, flatness, planeness] 2: a want of animation or brilliance; "the almost self-conscious flatness of Hemingway's style" 3: a deficiency in flavor; "it needed lemon juice to sharpen the flatness of the dried lentils" 4: the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss [syn: flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte] 5: inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends" [syn: languor, lethargy, sluggishness, phlegm, flatness]
  • foresightedness
    n 1: providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future [syn: foresight, foresightedness, foresightfulness]
  • gladness
    n 1: experiencing joy and pleasure [syn: gladness, gladfulness, gladsomeness]
  • goodness
    n 1: that which is pleasing or valuable or useful; "weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization" [syn: good, goodness] [ant: bad, badness] 2: moral excellence or admirableness; "there is much good to be found in people" [syn: good, goodness] [ant: evil, evilness]
  • greatness
    n 1: the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence [syn: greatness, illustriousness] 2: unusual largeness in size or extent or number [syn: enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness]
  • handedness
    n 1: the property of using one hand more than the other [syn: handedness, laterality]
  • happiness
    n 1: state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy [syn: happiness, felicity] [ant: unhappiness] 2: emotions experienced when in a state of well-being [ant: sadness, unhappiness]
  • hardness
    n 1: the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale [ant: softness] 2: 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" 3: devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness [syn: unfeelingness, callousness, callosity, hardness, insensibility] 4: the quality of being difficult to do; "he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness"; "the ruggedness of his exams caused half the class to fail" [syn: hardness, ruggedness] 5: excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp" [syn: severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness]
  • indebtedness
    n 1: an obligation to pay money to another party [syn: indebtedness, liability, financial obligation] 2: a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor [syn: obligation, indebtedness]
  • lateness
    n 1: quality of coming late or later in time [ant: earliness]
  • lewdness
    n 1: the trait of behaving in an obscene manner [syn: obscenity, lewdness, bawdiness, salaciousness, salacity]
  • lopsidedness
    n 1: an oblique or slanting asymmetry [syn: lopsidedness, skewness]
  • loudness
    n 1: the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction); "the kids played their music at full volume" [syn: volume, loudness, intensity] [ant: softness] 2: tasteless showiness [syn: flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, brashness, meretriciousness, tawdriness, glitz]
  • madness
    n 1: obsolete terms for legal insanity [syn: lunacy, madness, insaneness] 2: 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 [syn: rabies, hydrophobia, lyssa, madness] 3: a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage" [syn: fury, rage, madness] 4: the quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness" [syn: folly, foolishness, craziness, madness] 5: unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm; "poetry is a sort of divine madness" [syn: madness, rabidity, rabidness]
  • oddness
    n 1: the parity of odd numbers (not divisible by two) 2: eccentricity that is not easily explained [syn: oddity, oddness]
  • redness
    n 1: a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat [syn: inflammation, redness, rubor] 2: red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood [syn: red, redness]
  • relatedness
    n 1: a particular manner of connectedness; "the relatedness of all living things" [ant: unrelatedness]
  • rudeness
    n 1: a manner that is rude and insulting [syn: discourtesy, rudeness] [ant: courtesy, good manners] 2: a wild or unrefined state [syn: crudeness, crudity, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness]
  • sadness
    n 1: emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being [syn: sadness, unhappiness] [ant: happiness] 2: the state of being sad; "she tired of his perpetual sadness" [syn: sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness] 3: the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness [syn: gloominess, lugubriousness, sadness]
  • shrewdness
    n 1: intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) [syn: shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness]
  • slackness
    n 1: weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy [syn: inanition, lassitude, lethargy, slackness] 2: the quality of being loose (not taut); "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope" [syn: slack, slackness] 3: the quality of being lax and neglectful [syn: laxness, laxity, remissness, slackness]
  • sordidness
    n 1: sordid dirtiness [syn: sordidness, squalor, squalidness] 2: unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values [syn: baseness, sordidness, contemptibility, despicableness, despicability]
  • spiritedness
    n 1: quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous [syn: animation, spiritedness, invigoration, brio, vivification]
  • staidness
    n 1: a trait of dignified seriousness [syn: sedateness, staidness, solemnity, solemness]
  • tiredness
    n 1: temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work; "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" [syn: fatigue, weariness, tiredness]
  • unexpectedness
    n 1: extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected; "the unexpectedness of the warm welcome" [syn: unexpectedness, surprisingness] [ant: expectedness]
  • weirdness
    n 1: strikingly out of the ordinary [syn: outlandishness, bizarreness, weirdness]
  • wideness
    n 1: the property of being wide; having great width [syn: wideness, broadness] [ant: narrowness] 2: unusual largeness in size or extent or number [syn: enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness]
  • belatedness
  • decidedness
  • elatedness
  • hotheadedness
  • jadedness
  • limitedness
  • limpidness
  • sidedness
  • stiltedness
  • surefootedness
  • proudness
  • snideness
  • fadness
  • decayedness

See also badness definition and badness synonyms