Words that rhyme with speechless

  • brusqueness
    n 1: an abrupt discourteous manner [syn: abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness]
  • business
    n 1: a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern" [syn: business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation] 2: the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" [syn: commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business] 3: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business" [syn: occupation, business, job, line of work, line] 4: a rightful concern or responsibility; "it's none of your business"; "mind your own business" 5: an immediate objective; "gossip was the main business of the evening" 6: the volume of commercial activity; "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today" 7: business concerns collectively; "Government and business could not agree" [syn: business, business sector] 8: customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele" [syn: clientele, patronage, business] 9: incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious" [syn: business, stage business, byplay]
  • backwardness
    n 1: lack of normal development of intellectual capacities [syn: retardation, mental retardation, backwardness, slowness, subnormality]
  • baldness
    n 1: the condition of having no hair on the top of the head [syn: baldness, phalacrosis]
  • barrenness
    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]
  • bleakness
    n 1: a bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the landscape" [syn: bleakness, desolation, bareness, nakedness]
  • briskness
    n 1: liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity"; "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him" [syn: alacrity, briskness, smartness]
  • buxomness
    n 1: the bodily property of being attractively plump and vigorous and (of women) full-bosomed
  • calmness
    n 1: steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity" [syn: composure, calm, calmness, equanimity] [ant: discomposure] 2: an absence of strong winds or rain 3: a feeling of calm; an absence of agitation or excitement [ant: agitation]
  • coldness
    n 1: the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head" [syn: cold, coldness] 2: a lack of affection or enthusiasm; "a distressing coldness of tone and manner" [syn: coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness, chilliness] 3: the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor" [syn: coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness] [ant: heat, high temperature, hotness]
  • commonness
    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]
  • cravenness
    n 1: meanspirited cowardice
  • crookedness
    n 1: a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions" [syn: tortuosity, tortuousness, torsion, contortion, crookedness] 2: having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles [ant: straightness] 3: the quality of being deceitful and underhanded [syn: crookedness, deviousness]
  • cumbersomeness
    n 1: trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape; "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano" [syn: awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldiness]
  • dankness
    n 1: unpleasant wetness [syn: dankness, clamminess]
  • darkness
    n 1: absence of light or illumination [syn: dark, darkness] [ant: light, lighting] 2: an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness" [syn: darkness, dark, shadow] 3: absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness" [syn: iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark] 4: an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness" [syn: dark, darkness] 5: having a dark or somber color [ant: lightness] 6: a swarthy complexion [syn: darkness, duskiness, swarthiness]
  • deafness
    n 1: partial or complete loss of hearing [syn: deafness, hearing loss]
  • dimness
    n 1: the state of being poorly illuminated [syn: dimness, duskiness] 2: the property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity [syn: dimness, subduedness] 3: the quality of being dim or lacking contrast [syn: dimness, faintness]
  • doggedness
    n 1: persistent determination [syn: doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, tenacity, tenaciousness, pertinacity]
  • drunkenness
    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]
  • meekness
    n 1: the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness [syn: meekness, submission] 2: a disposition to be patient and long suffering [syn: meekness, subduedness]
  • sleekness
    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]
  • uniqueness
    n 1: the quality of being one of a kind; "that singularity distinguished him from all his companions" [syn: singularity, uniqueness]
  • weakness
    n 1: a flaw or weak point; "he was quick to point out his wife's failings" [syn: failing, weakness] 2: powerlessness revealed by an inability to act; "in spite of their weakness the group remains active" [syn: helplessness, weakness, impuissance] 3: the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain; "his weakness increased as he became older"; "the weakness of the span was overlooked until it collapsed" [ant: strength] 4: the condition of being financially weak; "the weakness of the dollar against the yen" [ant: strength] 5: a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you; "he has a weakness for chocolate"
  • blondness
    n 1: the property of having a naturally light complexion [syn: paleness, blondness, fairness]
  • chicness
    n 1: elegance by virtue of being fashionable [syn: chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank, last word]
  • preakness
    n 1: an annual race for three-year-old horses; held at Pimlico in Baltimore, Maryland
  • brokenness
  • cunningness
  • cursedness
  • determinedness

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