Words that rhyme with burness

n 1: a message whose content is at variance with reason [syn: absurdity, absurdness, ridiculousness]

n 1: a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) [syn: alumnus, alumna, alum, graduate, grad]

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]

n 1: lack of normal development of intellectual capacities [syn: retardation, mental retardation, backwardness, slowness, subnormality]

n 1: the condition of having no hair on the top of the head [syn: baldness, phalacrosis]

n 1: behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame [syn: shamelessness, brazenness]

n 1: the temporal property of being very short 2: the attribute of being brief or fleeting [syn: brevity, briefness, transience]

n 1: liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity"; "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him" [syn: alacrity, briskness, smartness]

n 1: an abrupt discourteous manner [syn: abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness]

n 1: the bodily property of being attractively plump and vigorous and (of women) full-bosomed

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]

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]

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]

n 1: meanspirited cowardice

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]

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]

n 1: unpleasant wetness [syn: dankness, clamminess]

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]

n 1: partial or complete loss of hearing [syn: deafness, hearing loss]

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]

n 1: persistent determination [syn: doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, tenacity, tenaciousness, pertinacity]

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]

n 1: an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.

n 1: the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding; "the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable" 2: uncompromising resolution [syn: sternness, strictness]

n 1: the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome [syn: stubbornness, obstinacy, obstinance, mulishness] 2: resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires [syn: stubbornness, bullheadedness, obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will]

n 1: the property of having a naturally light complexion [syn: paleness, blondness, fairness]

n 1: elegance by virtue of being fashionable [syn: chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank, last word]