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abstruseness
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n 1: the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to
understand [syn: obscureness, obscurity,
abstruseness, reconditeness] [ant: clarity,
clearness, limpidity, lucidity, lucidness,
pellucidity]
2: wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound; "the
anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the
native proverbs" [syn: reconditeness, abstruseness,
abstrusity, profoundness, profundity]
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arduousness
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n 1: extreme effortfulness [syn: arduousness, strenuousness]
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assiduousness
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n 1: great and constant diligence and attention [syn:
assiduity, assiduousness, concentration]
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choiceness
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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]
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coarseness
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n 1: language or humor that is down-to-earth; "the saltiness of
their language was inappropriate"; "self-parody and
saltiness riddled their core genre" [syn: saltiness,
coarseness]
2: the quality of being composed of relatively large particles
[syn: coarseness, graininess, granularity]
3: looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth) [syn:
coarseness, nubbiness, tweediness]
4: the quality of lacking taste and refinement [syn:
coarseness, commonness, grossness, vulgarity,
vulgarism, raunch]
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conciseness
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n 1: terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by
expressing a great deal in just a few words [syn:
conciseness, concision, pithiness, succinctness]
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conspicuousness
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n 1: the state of being conspicuous
2: high visibility [ant: inconspicuousness]
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contemptuousness
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n 1: the manifestation of scorn and contempt; "every subordinate
sensed his contemptuousness and hated him in return"
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contiguousness
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n 1: the attribute of being so near as to be touching [syn:
adjacency, contiguity, contiguousness]
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continuousness
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n 1: the quality of something that continues without end or
interruption [syn: continuousness, ceaselessness,
incessancy, incessantness]
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crassness
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n 1: the quality of being crass--devoid of refinement [syn:
crassness, crassitude]
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diffuseness
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n 1: the spatial property of being spread out over a wide area
or through a large volume
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disingenuousness
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n 1: the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor [ant:
ingenuousness]
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hoarseness
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n 1: a throaty harshness [syn: gruffness, hoarseness,
huskiness]
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impreciseness
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n 1: the quality of lacking precision [syn: impreciseness,
imprecision] [ant: preciseness, precision]
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inconspicuousness
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n 1: the quality of being not easily seen [ant:
conspicuousness]
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ingenuousness
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n 1: the quality of innocent naivete [syn: artlessness,
innocence, ingenuousness, naturalness]
2: openly straightforward or frank [ant: disingenuousness]
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joyousness
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n 1: the emotion of great happiness [syn: joy, joyousness,
joyfulness] [ant: sorrow]
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looseness
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n 1: frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of
infection or food poisoning or colitis or a
gastrointestinal tumor [syn: diarrhea, diarrhoea,
looseness of the bowels, looseness]
2: freedom from restraint; "the flexibility and looseness of the
materials from which mythology is made"
3: a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice;
"misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of
expression"
4: the quality of movability by virtue of being free from
attachment or other restraints [ant: fastness, fixedness,
fixity, fixture, secureness]
5: movement or space for movement; "there was too much play in
the steering wheel" [syn: looseness, play] [ant:
tautness, tightness]
6: dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure [syn: profligacy,
dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness]
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niceness
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n 1: a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage
[syn: politeness, niceness] [ant: impoliteness]
2: the quality of nice [ant: nastiness]
3: the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze; "you had
to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew" [syn:
subtlety, niceness]
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obtuseness
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n 1: the quality of being slow to understand [syn: dullness,
obtuseness]
2: the quality of lacking a sharp edge or point [ant:
acuteness]
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preciseness
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n 1: clarity as a consequence of precision [syn: preciseness,
clearcutness]
2: the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance;
"he handled it with the preciseness of an automaton"; "note
the meticulous precision of his measurements" [syn:
preciseness, precision] [ant: impreciseness,
imprecision]
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presumptuousness
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n 1: audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right
to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness" [syn:
presumption, presumptuousness, effrontery,
assumption]
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profuseness
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n 1: the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of
detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English" [syn:
profusion, profuseness, richness, cornucopia]
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promiscuousness
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n 1: indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual
relations [syn: promiscuity, promiscuousness, sleeping
around]
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sensuousness
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n 1: a sensuous feeling
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sinuousness
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n 1: having curves; "he hated the sinuosity of mountain roads"
[syn: sinuosity, sinuousness]
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sparseness
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n 1: the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking
denseness [syn: sparseness, spareness, sparsity,
thinness]
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strenuousness
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n 1: extreme effortfulness [syn: arduousness, strenuousness]
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sumptuousness
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n 1: wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living [syn: luxury,
luxuriousness, opulence, sumptuousness]
2: the quality possessed by something that is excessively
expensive [syn: lavishness, luxury, sumptuosity,
sumptuousness]
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tempestuousness
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n 1: a state of wild storminess
2: a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "the
political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest"
[syn: agitation, ferment, fermentation,
tempestuousness, unrest]
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tumultuousness
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n 1: a state of commotion and noise and confusion [syn:
tumult, tumultuousness, uproar, garboil]
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unctuousness
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n 1: smug self-serving earnestness [syn: fulsomeness,
oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unctuousness,
unction]
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virtuousness
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n 1: the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is
wrong [syn: virtue, virtuousness, moral excellence]
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crossness
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n 1: an irritable petulant feeling [syn: irritability,
crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness,
petulance, choler]
2: a disposition to be ill-tempered [syn: crabbiness,
crabbedness, crossness]
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ambiguousness
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deciduousness
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exiguousness
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mellifluousness
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tenuousness
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