Words that rhyme with darkness

• accomplice 5
  n 1: a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) [syn: accomplice, confederate]
• extremeness 5
  n 1: the quality of being extreme
• stimulus 3
  n 1: any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action [syn: stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, input]
• airsickness 2
  n 1: motion sickness experienced while traveling by air (especially during turbulence) [syn: airsickness, air sickness]
• absurdness 0
  n 1: a message whose content is at variance with reason [syn: absurdity, absurdness, ridiculousness]
• acridness 0
  n 1: extreme bitterness; "the acridity of alkali" [syn: acridity, acridness] 2: the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone [syn: acridity, acridness]
• aloneness 0
  n 1: a disposition toward being alone [syn: aloneness, loneliness, lonesomeness, solitariness]
• aloofness 0
  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 0
  n 1: a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) [syn: alumnus, alumna, alum, graduate, grad]
• aridness 0
  n 1: a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall) [syn: aridity, aridness, thirstiness]
• artless 0
  adj 1: characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility" [syn: ingenuous, artless] [ant: artful, disingenuous] 2: simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; "an artless manner"; "artless elegance" [ant: artful] 3: showing lack of art; "an artless translation" 4: (of persons) lacking art or knowledge [syn: artless, uncultivated, uncultured]
• assuredness 0
  n 1: great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool" [syn: aplomb, assuredness, cool, poise, sang- froid]
• atlas 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders 2: a collection of maps in book form [syn: atlas, book of maps, map collection] 3: the 1st cervical vertebra [syn: atlas, atlas vertebra] 4: a figure of a man used as a supporting column [syn: atlas, telamon]
• awkwardness 0
  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 0
  n 1: lack of normal development of intellectual capacities [syn: retardation, mental retardation, backwardness, slowness, subnormality]
• baldness 0
  n 1: the condition of having no hair on the top of the head [syn: baldness, phalacrosis]
• barrenness 0
  n 1: the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children 2: the quality of yielding nothing of value [syn: fruitlessness, aridity, barrenness] [ant: fecundity, fruitfulness]
• bigness 0
  n 1: the property of having a relatively great size [syn: largeness, bigness] [ant: littleness, smallness]
• blackness 0
  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]
• blandness 0
  n 1: the trait of exhibiting no personal embarrassment or concern; "the blandness of his confession enraged the judge" 2: lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property [syn: blandness, insipidity, insipidness] 3: the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner [syn: suavity, suaveness, blandness, smoothness]
• blankness 0
  n 1: the state of being blank; void; emptiness
• bleakness 0
  n 1: a bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the landscape" [syn: bleakness, desolation, bareness, nakedness]
• blessedness 0
  n 1: a state of supreme happiness [syn: blessedness, beatitude, beatification]
• blindness 0
  n 1: the state of being blind or lacking sight [syn: blindness, sightlessness, cecity]
• boldness 0
  n 1: the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger; "the proposal required great boldness"; "the plan required great hardiness of heart" [syn: boldness, daring, hardiness, hardihood] [ant: timidity, timorousness] 2: impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty" [syn: boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek] 3: the quality of standing out strongly and distinctly [syn: boldness, strikingness]
• bootless 0
  adj 1: unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt" [syn: bootless, fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vain]
• boringness 0
  n 1: extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest [syn: boringness, dreariness, insipidness, insipidity]
• brazenness 0
  n 1: behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame [syn: shamelessness, brazenness]
• briefness 0
  n 1: the temporal property of being very short 2: the attribute of being brief or fleeting [syn: brevity, briefness, transience]
• briskness 0
  n 1: liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity"; "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him" [syn: alacrity, briskness, smartness]
• brusqueness 0
  n 1: an abrupt discourteous manner [syn: abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness]
• burdensomeness 0
  n 1: unwelcome burdensome difficulty [syn: burdensomeness, heaviness, onerousness, oppressiveness]
• business 0
  n 1: a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern" [syn: business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation] 2: the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" [syn: commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business] 3: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business" [syn: occupation, business, job, line of work, line] 4: a rightful concern or responsibility; "it's none of your business"; "mind your own business" 5: an immediate objective; "gossip was the main business of the evening" 6: the volume of commercial activity; "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today" 7: business concerns collectively; "Government and business could not agree" [syn: business, business sector] 8: customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele" [syn: clientele, patronage, business] 9: incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious" [syn: business, stage business, byplay]
• buxomness 0
  n 1: the bodily property of being attractively plump and vigorous and (of women) full-bosomed
• calculus 0
  n 1: a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body; "renal calculi can be very painful" [syn: calculus, concretion] 2: an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums [syn: tartar, calculus, tophus] 3: the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions [syn: calculus, infinitesimal calculus]
• calmness 0
  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]
• cirrocumulus 0
  n 1: a cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of regularly arranged small clouds resembling ripples [syn: cirrocumulus, cirrocumulus cloud]
• coldness 0
  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]
• collarless 0
  adj 1: without a collar
• comfortless 0
  adj 1: without comfort; "a comfortless room"
• commonness 0
  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 0
  n 1: meanspirited cowardice
• crookedness 0
  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 0
  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]
• cumulus 0
  n 1: a globular cloud [syn: cumulus, cumulus cloud] 2: a collection of objects laid on top of each other [syn: pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus]
• cussedness 0
  n 1: meanspirited disagreeable contrariness [syn: cussedness, orneriness]
• cutlass 0
  n 1: a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors [syn: cutlas, cutlass]
• dankness 0
  n 1: unpleasant wetness [syn: dankness, clamminess]
• dateless 0
  adj 1: having no known beginning and presumably no end; "the dateless rise and fall of the tides"; "time is endless"; "sempiternal truth" [syn: dateless, endless, sempiternal] 2: of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date; "dateless customs" 3: not bearing a date; "a dateless letter" [syn: dateless, undated] 4: unaffected by time; "few characters are so dateless as Hamlet"; "Helen's timeless beauty" [syn: dateless, timeless]
• deafness 0
  n 1: partial or complete loss of hearing [syn: deafness, hearing loss]
• dimness 0
  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 0
  n 1: persistent determination [syn: doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, tenacity, tenaciousness, pertinacity]
• doubtless 0
  adv 1: without doubt; certainly; "it's undoubtedly very beautiful" [syn: undoubtedly, doubtless, doubtlessly]
• drunkenness 0
  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]
• dumbness 0
  n 1: the quality of being mentally slow and limited [syn: denseness, dumbness, slow-wittedness]
• evenness 0
  n 1: the parity of even numbers (divisible by two) 2: a quality of uniformity and lack of variation [syn: evenness, invariability] [ant: unevenness, variability] 3: the quality of being balanced [ant: unevenness]
• everlastingness 0
  n 1: the property of lasting forever
• feminineness 0
  n 1: the properties characteristic of the female sex [syn: femaleness, feminineness] [ant: maleness, masculinity]
• fervidness 0
  n 1: feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor" [syn: ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness]
• fineness 0
  n 1: the quality of being very good indeed; "the inn is distinguished by the fineness of its cuisine" [syn: fineness, choiceness] 2: the property of being very narrow or thin; "he marvelled at the fineness of her hair" [syn: fineness, thinness] 3: having a very fine texture; "the fineness of the sand on the beach" [syn: fineness, powderiness] 4: the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance; "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features" [syn: daintiness, delicacy, fineness]
• firmness 0
  n 1: the muscle tone of healthy tissue; "his muscular firmness" [syn: firmness, soundness] [ant: unsoundness] 2: the trait of being resolute; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work" [syn: resoluteness, firmness, firmness of purpose, resolve, resolution] [ant: irresoluteness, irresolution] 3: the property of being unyielding to the touch 4: the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place [syn: steadiness, firmness] [ant: ricketiness, unsteadiness]
• fittingness 0
  n 1: the quality of being suitable; "they had to prove their fitness for the position" [syn: fitness, fittingness] [ant: unfitness]
• fixedness 0
  n 1: remaining in place [syn: stationariness, immobility, fixedness] 2: the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment [syn: fastness, fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness] [ant: looseness] 3: the quality of being fixed and unchangeable; "the fixedness of his gaze upset her" [syn: fixedness, unalterability]
• floridness 0
  n 1: extravagant elaborateness; "he wrote with great flamboyance" [syn: flamboyance, floridness, floridity, showiness]
• fondness 0
  n 1: a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey" [syn: fondness, fancy, partiality] 2: a positive feeling of liking; "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" [syn: affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia] 3: a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love [syn: affectionateness, fondness, lovingness, warmth]
• foreignness 0
  n 1: the quality of being alien or not native; "the strangeness of a foreigner" [syn: foreignness, strangeness, curiousness] [ant: nativeness]
• fortress 0
  n 1: a fortified defensive structure [syn: fortress, fort]
• forwardness 0
  n 1: offensive boldness and assertiveness [syn: bumptiousness, cockiness, pushiness, forwardness] 2: an advanced stage; "the forwardness of the harvest this year"; "the arts are in no kind of forwardness in this matter" 3: prompt willingness; "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" [syn: readiness, eagerness, zeal, forwardness]
• frankness 0
  n 1: the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech [syn: candor, candour, candidness, frankness, directness, forthrightness] 2: the trait of being blunt and outspoken [syn: frankness, outspokenness]
• frigidness 0
  n 1: sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse [syn: frigidity, frigidness] 2: 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] 3: a lack of affection or enthusiasm; "a distressing coldness of tone and manner" [syn: coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness, chilliness]
• frolicsomeness 0
  n 1: lively high-spirited playfulness [syn: friskiness, frolicsomeness, sportiveness]
• gameness 0
  n 1: disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet [syn: lameness, limping, gimp, gimpiness, gameness, claudication]
• genuineness 0
  n 1: the state of being genuine [ant: spuriousness] 2: undisputed credibility [syn: authenticity, genuineness, legitimacy]
• gladsomeness 0
  n 1: experiencing joy and pleasure [syn: gladness, gladfulness, gladsomeness]
• glumness 0
  n 1: an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office" [syn: gloom, gloominess, glumness] 2: a gloomy ill-tempered feeling [syn: moroseness, glumness, sullenness]
• grandness 0
  n 1: a prominent status; "a person of importance" [syn: importance, grandness] 2: unusual largeness in size or extent or number [syn: enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness] 3: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products" [syn: magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness] 4: splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness of the architecture"; "impressed by the richness of the flora" [syn: impressiveness, grandness, magnificence, richness]
• greenness 0
  n 1: the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation [syn: greenness, verdancy, verdure] 2: the state of not being ripe [ant: ripeness] 3: green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass [syn: green, greenness, viridity]
• greensickness 0
  n 1: iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin [syn: chlorosis, greensickness]
• grimness 0
  n 1: the quality of being ghastly [syn: ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness, luridness] 2: something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters" [syn: asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness]
• grotesqueness 0
  n 1: ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion [syn: grotesqueness, grotesquery, grotesquerie]
• gruesomeness 0
  n 1: the quality of being ghastly [syn: ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness, luridness]
• handsomeness 0
  n 1: the quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man) [syn: handsomeness, good looks]
• haphazardness 0
  n 1: the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan [syn: randomness, haphazardness, stochasticity, noise]
• hardness 0
  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]
• harness 0
  n 1: a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute) 2: 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 v 1: put a harness; "harness the horse" [syn: harness, tackle] [ant: unharness] 2: exploit the power of; "harness natural forces and resources" 3: control and direct with or as if by reins; "rein a horse" [syn: harness, rein in, draw rein, rein] 4: keep in check; "rule one's temper" [syn: rule, harness, rein]
• heartless 0
  adj 1: lacking in feeling or pity or warmth [syn: hardhearted, heartless] [ant: soft-boiled, softhearted] 2: devoid of courage or enthusiasm
• heartsickness 0
  n 1: feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless [syn: despondency, despondence, heartsickness, disconsolateness]
• helpfulness 0
  n 1: the property of providing useful assistance 2: friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition [syn: kindliness, helpfulness]
• homesickness 0
  n 1: a longing to return home
• horridness 0
  n 1: a quality of extreme unpleasantness [syn: awfulness, dreadfulness, horridness, terribleness]
• humaneness 0
  n 1: the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals) [ant: inhumaneness, inhumanity]
• humanness 0
  n 1: the quality of being human; "he feared the speedy decline of all manhood" [syn: humanness, humanity, manhood]
• hurriedness 0
  n 1: overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste" [syn: haste, hastiness, hurry, hurriedness, precipitation]
• insaneness 0
  n 1: obsolete terms for legal insanity [syn: lunacy, madness, insaneness]
• interestingness 0
  n 1: the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.); "they said nothing of great interest"; "primary colors can add interest to a room" [syn: interest, interestingness] [ant: uninterestingness]
• inwardness 0
  n 1: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty] 2: 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" [ant: outwardness] 3: the quality or state of being inward or internal; "the inwardness of the body's organs" [ant: externality, outwardness] 4: preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values); "Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch [syn: inwardness, internality] [ant: outwardness]
• jaggedness 0
  n 1: something irregular like a bump or crack in a smooth surface
• jejuneness 0
  n 1: lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life [syn: callowness, jejuneness, juvenility] 2: the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated [syn: jejunity, jejuneness, tameness, vapidity, vapidness] 3: quality of lacking nutritive value [syn: jejunity, jejuneness]
• keenness 0
  n 1: a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind" [syn: acuteness, acuity, sharpness, keenness] 2: a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something [syn: eagerness, avidity, avidness, keenness] 3: thinness of edge or fineness of point [syn: sharpness, keenness] [ant: bluntness, dullness]
• kindness 0
  n 1: the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic [ant: unkindness] 2: tendency to be kind and forgiving [syn: forgivingness, kindness] 3: a kind act [syn: kindness, benignity]

See also darkness definition and darkness synonyms