Words that rhyme with idleness

  • criticalness
    n 1: a state of critical urgency [syn: criticality, criticalness, cruciality]
  • dullness
    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]
  • equivocalness
    n 1: unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning [syn: ambiguity, equivocalness] [ant: unambiguity, unequivocalness]
  • essentialness
    n 1: basic importance [syn: essentiality, essentialness] [ant: inessentiality]
  • evilness
    n 1: the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world" [syn: evil, evilness] [ant: good, goodness]
  • fickleness
    n 1: unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous [syn: faithlessness, falseness, fickleness, inconstancy]
  • formalness
    n 1: a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies; "the formality of his voice made the others pay him close attention" [syn: formality, formalness] [ant: informality]
  • gentleness
    n 1: the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual [syn: gradualness, gentleness] [ant: abruptness, precipitousness, steepness] 2: acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered; "his fingers have learned gentleness"; "suddenly her gigantic power melted into softness for the baby"; "even in the pulpit there are moments when mildness of manner is not enough" [syn: gentleness, softness, mildness]
  • identicalness
    n 1: exact sameness; "they shared an identity of interests" [syn: identity, identicalness, indistinguishability]
  • righteousness
    n 1: adhering to moral principles [ant: unrighteousness]
  • singleness
    n 1: without hypocrisy; "the singleness of his motives could not be questioned" [syn: singleness, straightforwardness] 2: the quality of concentrating on one central objective; "his singleness of purpose"
  • finicalness
  • grammaticalness
  • whimsicalness
  • dulness

See also idleness definition and idleness synonyms