Words that rhyme with derisiveness

n 1: the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions [syn: harshness, abrasiveness, scratchiness] 2: the quality of being sharply disagreeable

n 1: the quality of being bold and enterprising 2: a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack [syn: aggression, aggressiveness] 3: a natural disposition to be hostile [syn: aggressiveness, belligerence, pugnacity]

n 1: a quality characterized by indirect reference

n 1: the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose; "a man of unusual decisiveness" [syn: decisiveness, decision] [ant: indecision, indecisiveness] 2: the quality of being final or definitely settled; "the finality of death" [syn: finality, conclusiveness, decisiveness] [ant: inconclusiveness]

n 1: a friendly open trait of a talkative person [syn: effusiveness, expansiveness, expansivity]

n 1: intentionally vague or ambiguous [syn: equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness]

n 1: the quality of being expressive

n 1: splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness of the architecture"; "impressed by the richness of the flora" [syn: impressiveness, grandness, magnificence, richness] 2: the quality of making a strong or vivid impression on the mind

n 1: keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect [syn: incisiveness, trenchancy]

n 1: doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action; "his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost" [syn: indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution] 2: the trait of irresolution; a lack of firmness of character or purpose; "the king's incurable indecisiveness caused turmoil in his court" [syn: indecisiveness, indecision] [ant: decision, decisiveness]

n 1: aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation [syn: intrusiveness, meddlesomeness, officiousness]

n 1: a feeling of being oppressed [syn: oppression, oppressiveness] 2: unwelcome burdensome difficulty [syn: burdensomeness, heaviness, onerousness, oppressiveness]

n 1: a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior [syn: permissiveness, tolerance] [ant: restrictiveness, unpermissiveness]

n 1: 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; "the strength of his argument settled the matter" [syn: persuasiveness, strength] [ant: unpersuasiveness]

n 1: the quality of filling or spreading throughout; "the pervasiveness of the odor of cabbage in tenement hallways"

n 1: excessive desire to possess or dominate

n 1: advancement toward better conditions or policies or methods [syn: progressiveness, progressivity]

n 1: the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc.