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casualness
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n 1: a casual manner [syn: casualness, familiarity]
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coolness
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n 1: calm and unruffled self-assurance; "he performed with all
the coolness of a veteran" [syn: coolness,
imperturbability, imperturbableness]
2: the property of being moderately cold; "the chilliness of
early morning" [syn: chilliness, coolness, nip]
3: fearless self-possession in the face of danger [syn:
coolness, nervelessness]
4: a lack of affection or enthusiasm; "a distressing coldness of
tone and manner" [syn: coldness, coolness, frigidity,
frigidness, iciness, chilliness]
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cruelness
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n 1: the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
[syn: cruelty, cruelness, harshness]
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dullness
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n 1: the quality of being slow to understand [syn: dullness,
obtuseness]
2: the quality of lacking interestingness; "the stories were of
a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees"
3: a lack of visual brightness; "the brightness of the orange
sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea" [ant:
brightness]
4: lack of sensibility; "there was a dullness in his heart";
"without him the dullness of her life crept into her work no
matter how she tried to compartmentalize it."
5: without sharpness or clearness of edge or point; "the
dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible" [syn:
dullness, bluntness] [ant: asperity, keenness,
sharpness]
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effectualness
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n 1: power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring
about an effect [syn: effectiveness, effectivity,
effectualness, effectuality] [ant: ineffectiveness,
ineffectuality, ineffectualness]
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femaleness
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n 1: the properties characteristic of the female sex [syn:
femaleness, feminineness] [ant: maleness,
masculinity]
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foulness
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n 1: disgusting wickedness and immorality; "he understood the
foulness of sin"; "his display of foulness deserved severe
punishment"; "mouths which speak such foulness must be
cleansed"
2: a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
[syn: filth, filthiness, foulness, nastiness]
3: (of weather) the badness of the weather; "they were wearied
with the foulness of the weather" [syn: foulness,
raininess]
4: the attribute of having a strong offensive smell [syn:
malodorousness, stinkiness, foulness, rankness,
fetidness]
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frailness
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n 1: the state of being weak in health or body (especially from
old age) [syn: infirmity, frailty, debility,
feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianism]
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fullness
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n 1: completeness over a broad scope [syn: comprehensiveness,
fullness]
2: the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing; "the
music had a fullness that echoed through the hall"; "the
cheap wine had no body, no mellowness"; "he was well aware of
the richness of his own appearance" [syn: fullness,
mellowness, richness]
3: the condition of being filled to capacity [ant: emptiness]
4: greatness of volume [syn: fullness, voluminosity,
voluminousness]
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ineffectualness
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n 1: lacking the power to be effective [syn: ineffectiveness,
ineffectualness, ineffectuality] [ant: effectiveness,
effectivity, effectuality, effectualness]
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maleness
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n 1: the properties characteristic of the male sex [syn:
maleness, masculinity] [ant: femaleness,
feminineness]
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paleness
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n 1: unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or
sickness or emotional distress) [syn: lividness,
lividity, luridness, paleness, pallidness,
pallor, wanness, achromasia]
2: the property of having a naturally light complexion [syn:
paleness, blondness, fairness]
3: being deficient in color [syn: paleness, pallidity]
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realness
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n 1: the state of being actual or real; "the reality of his
situation slowly dawned on him" [syn: reality,
realness, realism] [ant: irreality, unreality]
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shrillness
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n 1: the quality of being sharp or harsh to the senses; "the
shrillness of her hair color"
2: having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound [syn:
shrillness, stridence, stridency]
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smallness
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n 1: the property of having a relatively small size [syn:
smallness, littleness] [ant: bigness, largeness]
2: the property of being a relatively small amount; "he was
attracted by the smallness of the taxes"
3: the property of having relatively little strength or vigor;
"the smallness of her voice" [syn: smallness, littleness]
4: lack of generosity in trifling matters [syn: pettiness,
littleness, smallness]
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tallness
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n 1: the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base
of something to the top [syn: height, tallness]
2: the property of being taller than average stature [ant:
shortness]
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unusualness
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n 1: uncommonness by virtue of being unusual [ant: usualness]
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usualness
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n 1: commonness by virtue of not being unusual [ant:
unusualness]
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vileness
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n 1: the quality of being wicked [syn: nefariousness,
wickedness, vileness, ugliness]
2: the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions;
"the vileness of his language surprised us" [syn:
loathsomeness, repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness,
lousiness, wickedness]
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wellness
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n 1: a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease; "physicians
should be held responsible for the health of their
patients" [syn: health, wellness] [ant: illness,
malady, sickness, unwellness]
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haleness
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n 1: a state of robust good health [syn: wholeness,
haleness]
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dismalness
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dulness
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