Words that rhyme with bluffness

  • aloofness
    n 1: indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional distance" [syn: distance, aloofness] 2: a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner [syn: aloofness, remoteness, standoffishness, withdrawnness]
  • alumnus
    n 1: a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) [syn: alumnus, alumna, alum, graduate, grad]
  • awkwardness
    n 1: unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training [syn: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness] 2: the quality of an embarrassing situation; "he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal" [syn: awkwardness, nuisance value] 3: the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant [syn: awkwardness, clumsiness] [ant: gracefulness] 4: the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) [syn: awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness] 5: trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape; "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano" [syn: awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldiness]
  • backwardness
    n 1: lack of normal development of intellectual capacities [syn: retardation, mental retardation, backwardness, slowness, subnormality]
  • baldness
    n 1: the condition of having no hair on the top of the head [syn: baldness, phalacrosis]
  • brazenness
    n 1: behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame [syn: shamelessness, brazenness]
  • briefness
    n 1: the temporal property of being very short 2: the attribute of being brief or fleeting [syn: brevity, briefness, transience]
  • briskness
    n 1: liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity"; "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him" [syn: alacrity, briskness, smartness]
  • brusqueness
    n 1: an abrupt discourteous manner [syn: abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness]
  • buxomness
    n 1: the bodily property of being attractively plump and vigorous and (of women) full-bosomed
  • calmness
    n 1: steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity" [syn: composure, calm, calmness, equanimity] [ant: discomposure] 2: an absence of strong winds or rain 3: a feeling of calm; an absence of agitation or excitement [ant: agitation]
  • coldness
    n 1: the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head" [syn: cold, coldness] 2: a lack of affection or enthusiasm; "a distressing coldness of tone and manner" [syn: coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness, chilliness] 3: the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor" [syn: coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness] [ant: heat, high temperature, hotness]
  • commonness
    n 1: the state of being that is commonly observed [syn: commonness, expectedness] 2: the quality of lacking taste and refinement [syn: coarseness, commonness, grossness, vulgarity, vulgarism, raunch] 3: ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace [syn: commonness, commonplaceness, everydayness] [ant: uncommonness] 4: sharing of common attributes [syn: commonality, commonness] [ant: individualism, individuality, individuation]
  • cravenness
    n 1: meanspirited cowardice
  • crookedness
    n 1: a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions" [syn: tortuosity, tortuousness, torsion, contortion, crookedness] 2: having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles [ant: straightness] 3: the quality of being deceitful and underhanded [syn: crookedness, deviousness]
  • cumbersomeness
    n 1: trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape; "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano" [syn: awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldiness]
  • dankness
    n 1: unpleasant wetness [syn: dankness, clamminess]
  • 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]
  • deafness
    n 1: partial or complete loss of hearing [syn: deafness, hearing loss]
  • dimness
    n 1: the state of being poorly illuminated [syn: dimness, duskiness] 2: the property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity [syn: dimness, subduedness] 3: the quality of being dim or lacking contrast [syn: dimness, faintness]
  • doggedness
    n 1: persistent determination [syn: doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, tenacity, tenaciousness, pertinacity]
  • drunkenness
    n 1: a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol [syn: drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness, insobriety] [ant: soberness, sobriety] 2: 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 [syn: alcoholism, alcohol addiction, inebriation, drunkenness] 3: the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall" [syn: drink, drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence]
  • roughness
    n 1: a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven [syn: roughness, raggedness] [ant: smoothness] 2: the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses [syn: harshness, roughness] 3: an unpolished unrefined quality; "the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her" [syn: crudeness, roughness] 4: used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather [syn: choppiness, roughness, rough water] 5: rowdy behavior [syn: rowdiness, rowdyism, roughness, disorderliness] 6: the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion [syn: pitting, roughness, indentation] 7: harsh or severe speech or behavior; "men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity"; "the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet"
  • toughness
    n 1: enduring strength and energy [syn: stamina, staying power, toughness] 2: the property of being big and strong [syn: huskiness, ruggedness, toughness] 3: the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking [syn: temper, toughness] 4: impressive difficulty [syn: formidability, toughness]
  • blondness
    n 1: the property of having a naturally light complexion [syn: paleness, blondness, fairness]
  • chicness
    n 1: elegance by virtue of being fashionable [syn: chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank, last word]
  • awesomeness
  • brokenness
  • cunningness
  • cursedness
  • determinedness

See also bluffness definition