Words that rhyme with pensiveness

  • apprehensiveness
    n 1: fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension" [syn: apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread]
  • comprehensiveness
    n 1: completeness over a broad scope [syn: comprehensiveness, fullness] 2: the capacity to understand a broad range of topics; "a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject"; "a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views" [syn: breadth, comprehensiveness, largeness]
  • compulsiveness
    n 1: the trait of acting compulsively [syn: compulsiveness, compulsivity]
  • conclusiveness
    n 1: the quality of being final or definitely settled; "the finality of death" [syn: finality, conclusiveness, decisiveness] [ant: inconclusiveness]
  • defensiveness
    n 1: excessive sensitivity to criticism; "his defensiveness was manifested in hurt silence"; "the fear of being sued for malpractice has magnified physicians' defensiveness"
  • discursiveness
    n 1: the quality of being discursive
  • elusiveness
    n 1: the quality of being difficult to grasp or pin down; "the author's elusiveness may at times be construed as evasiveness"
  • exclusiveness
    n 1: tendency to associate with only a select group [syn: clannishness, cliquishness, exclusiveness]
  • expensiveness
    n 1: the quality of being high-priced [ant: inexpensiveness]
  • extensiveness
    n 1: large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness; "the might have repercussions of unimaginable largeness"; "the very extensiveness of his power was a temptation to abuse it" [syn: largeness, extensiveness]
  • impulsiveness
    n 1: the trait of acting suddenly on impulse without reflection
  • inconclusiveness
    n 1: the quality of being inconclusive [ant: conclusiveness, decisiveness, finality]
  • inexpensiveness
    n 1: the quality of being affordable [ant: expensiveness]
  • intensiveness
    n 1: high level or degree; the property of being intense [syn: intensity, intensiveness]
  • litheness
    n 1: the gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple [syn: lissomeness, litheness, suppleness]
  • offensiveness
    n 1: the quality of being offensive [syn: offensiveness, odiousness, distastefulness]
  • repulsiveness
    n 1: the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions; "the vileness of his language surprised us" [syn: loathsomeness, repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness, lousiness, wickedness]
  • uncouthness
    n 1: inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor [syn: boorishness, uncouthness]
  • unobtrusiveness
    n 1: the quality of not sticking out in an unwelcome way [ant: obtrusiveness]
  • unresponsiveness
    n 1: the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events; "she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident"; "in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away" [syn: unresponsiveness, deadness] [ant: responsiveness]
  • coerciveness
  • corrosiveness
  • delusiveness
  • excursiveness
  • explosiveness
  • inoffensiveness
  • irresponsiveness

See also pensiveness definition and pensiveness synonyms