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barrenness
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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]
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brazenness
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n 1: behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and
lack of shame [syn: shamelessness, brazenness]
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commonness
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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]
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cravenness
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n 1: meanspirited cowardice
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drunkenness
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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]
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dumbness
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n 1: the quality of being mentally slow and limited [syn:
denseness, dumbness, slow-wittedness]
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fineness
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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]
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firmness
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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]
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fondness
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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]
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frankness
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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]
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gameness
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n 1: disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
[syn: lameness, limping, gimp, gimpiness,
gameness, claudication]
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glumness
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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]
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grandness
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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]
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greenness
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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]
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grimness
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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]
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leanness
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n 1: the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that
would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot [syn:
meagerness, meagreness, leanness, poorness,
scantiness, scantness, exiguity]
2: the property of having little body fat [syn: leanness,
thinness, spareness] [ant: avoirdupois, blubber,
fat, fatness]
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likeness
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n 1: similarity in appearance or character or nature between
persons or things; "man created God in his own likeness"
[syn: likeness, alikeness, similitude] [ant:
dissimilitude, unlikeness]
2: picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
[syn: likeness, semblance]
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oldness
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n 1: the opposite of youngness [ant: youngness]
2: the quality of being old; the opposite of newness [ant:
newness]
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oneness
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n 1: the quality of being united into one [syn: oneness,
unity]
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plainness
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n 1: the state of being unmixed with other material; "the
plainness of vanilla ice cream"
2: clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous [syn:
perspicuity, perspicuousness, plainness]
3: the appearance of being plain and unpretentious
4: an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful; "fine
clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness" [syn:
homeliness, plainness]
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primness
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n 1: excessive or affected modesty [syn: primness,
prudishness, prudery, Grundyism]
2: exaggerated and arrogant properness [syn: priggishness,
primness]
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proneness
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n 1: being disposed to do something; "accident proneness"
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quickness
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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]
2: intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct
responses without delay [syn: mental quickness,
quickness, quick-wittedness]
3: a rate that is rapid [syn: celerity, quickness,
rapidity, rapidness, speediness]
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sleekness
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n 1: the quality of being well-groomed and neatly tailored; "the
sleekness of his appearance reminded me of his financial
successes"
2: the smooth feel of silk fabric [syn: silkiness,
sleekness]
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slickness
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n 1: verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you
in some way [syn: trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness,
hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery,
skullduggery]
2: a kind of fluent easy superficiality; "the glibness of a
high-pressure salesman" [syn: glibness, slickness]
3: a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the
tiller" [syn: slickness, slick, slipperiness, slip]
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slimness
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n 1: a small margin; "the president was not humbled by his
narrow margin of victory"; "the landslide he had in the
electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory
based on just 43% of the popular vote" [syn: narrow
margin, narrowness, slimness]
2: the property of an attractively thin person [syn:
slenderness, slightness, slimness]
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smugness
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n 1: an excessive feeling of self-satisfaction
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snugness
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n 1: a state of warm snug comfort [syn: coziness, cosiness,
snugness]
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soundness
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n 1: a state or condition free from damage or decay [ant:
unsoundness]
2: the quality of being prudent and sensible [syn: wisdom,
wiseness, soundness] [ant: unsoundness]
3: the muscle tone of healthy tissue; "his muscular firmness"
[syn: firmness, soundness] [ant: unsoundness]
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starkness
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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: an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation; "I was
struck by the starkness of my father's room" [syn:
bareness, starkness]
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sternness
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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]
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stiffness
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n 1: the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
2: the property of moving with pain or difficulty; "he awoke
with a painful stiffness in his neck"
3: firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action; "a
charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity"
4: the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by
embarrassment) [syn: awkwardness, clumsiness,
gracelessness, stiffness]
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]
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tameness
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n 1: the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated [syn:
jejunity, jejuneness, tameness, vapidity,
vapidness]
2: the attribute of having been domesticated [syn: tameness,
domestication] [ant: wildness]
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thickness
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n 1: the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or
width [ant: slenderness, tenuity, thinness]
2: indistinct articulation; "judging from the thickness of his
speech he had been drinking heavily"
3: used of a line or mark [syn: thickness, heaviness]
4: resistance to flow [ant: thinness]
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toughness
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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]
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trimness
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n 1: a state of arrangement or appearance; "in good trim" [syn:
trim, trimness]
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brokenness
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