Words that rhyme with destituteness

n 1: the quality of being complete or utter or extreme; "the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections" [syn: starkness, absoluteness, utterness] 2: the quality of being absolute; "the absoluteness of the pope's decree could not be challenged"

n 1: a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed; "dogs have a remarkable acuteness of smell" 2: a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind" [syn: acuteness, acuity, sharpness, keenness] 3: the quality of having a sharp edge or point [ant: obtuseness]

n 1: skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer" [syn: adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness]

n 1: intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) [syn: shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness] 2: the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas [syn: astuteness, profundity, profoundness, depth, deepness]

n 1: the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white [ant: dullness] 2: intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty [syn: brightness, cleverness, smartness] 3: the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light; "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun" [syn: luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, light]

n 1: the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman) [syn: prettiness, cuteness]

n 1: piety by virtue of being devout [syn: devoutness, religiousness]

n 1: indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures [syn: dissoluteness, incontinence, self-gratification]

n 1: the quality of being direct and straightforward; "what some people take for rudeness is really straightforwardness" [syn: downrightness, straightforwardness]

n 1: the presence of heat [syn: hotness, heat, high temperature] [ant: cold, coldness, frigidity, frigidness, low temperature] 2: a state of sexual arousal [syn: horniness, hotness, hot pants] 3: a hot spiciness [syn: hotness, pepperiness]

n 1: a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage [ant: niceness, politeness]

n 1: a feeling of joy and pride [syn: elation, high spirits, lightness] 2: the property of being comparatively small in weight; "the lightness of balsa wood" [syn: lightness, weightlessness] [ant: heaviness, weightiness] 3: the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble [syn: agility, legerity, lightness, lightsomeness, nimbleness] 4: having a light color [ant: darkness] 5: the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures; "he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark" [syn: light, lightness] 6: the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous [syn: lightsomeness, lightness]

n 1: the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak; "her muteness was a consequence of her deafness" [syn: mutism, muteness] 2: a refusal to speak when expected; "his silence about my contribution was surprising" [syn: muteness, silence]

adj 1: disposed to or in a state of mutiny; "the men became mutinous and insubordinate" 2: consisting of or characterized by or inciting to mutiny; "mutinous acts"; "mutinous thoughts"; "a mutinous speech"

n 1: a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage [syn: politeness, niceness] [ant: impoliteness] 2: the act of showing regard for others [syn: politeness, civility]

n 1: 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]

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]

n 1: the property of being of short spatial extent; "the shortness of the Channel crossing" [ant: longness] 2: the condition of being short of something; "there was no shortness of money"; "can cause shortness of breath" 3: the property of being truncated or short [syn: shortness, truncation] 4: the property of being of short temporal extent; "the shortness of air travel time" [ant: longness] 5: the property of being shorter than average stature [ant: tallness] 6: an abrupt discourteous manner [syn: abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness]

n 1: intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) [syn: shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness]

n 1: the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous [syn: pettiness, triviality, slightness, puniness] 2: smallness of stature [syn: delicacy, slightness] 3: the property of an attractively thin person [syn: slenderness, slightness, slimness]

n 1: a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore [syn: smart, smarting, smartness] 2: intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty [syn: brightness, cleverness, smartness] 3: elegance by virtue of being fashionable [syn: chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank, last word] 4: liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity"; "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him" [syn: alacrity, briskness, smartness]

n 1: the property of being short and broad [syn: squatness, stubbiness]

n 1: the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth [syn: sour, sourness, tartness] 2: a sharp sour taste [syn: acerbity, tartness] 3: a rough and bitter manner [syn: bitterness, acrimony, acerbity, jaundice, tartness, thorniness]

n 1: the physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body" [syn: tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness] 2: lack of movement or room for movement [syn: tightness, tautness] [ant: looseness, play]

n 1: a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit [syn: stringency, tightness] 2: a tight feeling in some part of the body; "he felt a constriction in her chest"; "she felt an alarming tightness in her chest"; "emotion caused a constriction of his throat" [syn: constriction, tightness] 3: the spatial property of being crowded together [syn: concentration, density, denseness, tightness, compactness] [ant: dispersion, distribution] 4: extreme stinginess [syn: meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness] 5: lack of movement or room for movement [syn: tightness, tautness] [ant: looseness, play]

n 1: unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed [syn: triteness, staleness]

n 1: the property of being upright in posture [syn: erectness, uprightness] 2: position at right angles to the horizon [syn: verticality, verticalness, erectness, uprightness] 3: righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest [syn: uprightness, rectitude]

n 1: the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) [syn: white, whiteness] [ant: black, blackness, inkiness] 2: the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil [syn: purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness] 3: lightness or fairness of complexion; "only the whiteness of her cheeks gave any indication of the stress from which she was suffering"