crotchetiness | (noun) a fussy and eccentric disposition | Synonyms: contrariness, crankiness, grumpiness |
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crownless | (adjective) not (especially not yet) provided with a crown | Synonyms: uncrowned |
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crudeness | (noun) an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement | Synonyms: crudity, gaucheness |
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(noun) an unpolished unrefined quality | Synonyms: roughness |
(noun) a wild or unrefined state | Synonyms: crudity, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness |
cruelness | (noun) the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance | Synonyms: cruelty, harshness |
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crumbliness | (noun) excessive breakableness | Synonyms: friability |
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culpableness | (noun) a state of guilt | Synonyms: blameworthiness, culpability |
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cumbersomeness | (noun) trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape | Synonyms: awkwardness, unwieldiness |
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curableness | (noun) capability of being cured or healed | Synonyms: curability |
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curiousness | (noun) the quality of being alien or not native | Synonyms: foreignness, strangeness |
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(noun) a state of active curiosity | Synonyms: inquisitiveness |
curliness | (noun) (of hair) a tendency to curl | Synonyms: waviness |
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currentness | (noun) the property of belonging to the present time | Synonyms: currency, up-to-dateness |
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curtainless | (adjective) not provided with curtains | Synonyms: uncurtained |
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curtness | (noun) an abrupt discourteous manner | Synonyms: abruptness, brusqueness, gruffness, shortness |
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curvaceousness | (noun) the quality of having a well-rounded body | Synonyms: shapeliness, voluptuousness |
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cussedness | (noun) meanspirited disagreeable contrariness | Synonyms: orneriness |
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customariness | (noun) The state or quality of agreeing with, or being established by, custom or common usage. | - |
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cuteness | (noun) the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman) | Synonyms: prettiness |
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cylindricalness | (noun) the roundness of a 3-dimensional cylinder | Synonyms: cylindricality |
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cypress | (noun) any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones | Synonyms: cypress tree |
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(noun) wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus | - |
daftness | (noun) informal terms for insanity | Synonyms: craziness, flakiness |
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daintiness | (noun) the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance | Synonyms: delicacy, fineness |
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dampness | (noun) a slight wetness | Synonyms: damp, moistness |
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dangerousness | (noun) the quality of not being safe | - |
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dankness | (noun) unpleasant wetness | Synonyms: clamminess |
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dapperness | (noun) stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance | Synonyms: jauntiness, nattiness, rakishness |
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darkness | (noun) a swarthy complexion | Synonyms: duskiness, swarthiness |
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(noun) having a dark or somber color | - |
(noun) an unenlightened state | Synonyms: dark |
(noun) an unilluminated area | Synonyms: dark, shadow |
(noun) absence of light or illumination | Synonyms: dark |
(noun) absence of moral or spiritual values | Synonyms: dark, wickedness |
dastardliness | (noun) despicable cowardice | - |
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dateless | (adjective) having no known beginning and presumably no end | Synonyms: endless, sempiternal |
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(adjective) unaffected by time | Synonyms: timeless |
(adjective) not bearing a date | Synonyms: undated |
(adjective) of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date | - |
dauntless | (adjective) invulnerable to fear or intimidation | Synonyms: audacious, brave, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing |
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dauntlessly | (adverb) without fear | Synonyms: fearlessly, intrepidly |
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dauntlessness | (noun) resolute courageousness | Synonyms: intrepidity |
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deaccession | (verb) sell (art works) from a collection, especially in order to raise money for the purchase of other art works | - |
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deaconess | (noun) a woman deacon | - |
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deadliness | (noun) the quality of being deadly | Synonyms: lethality |
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deadness | (noun) the inanimate property of something that has died | - |
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(noun) the physical property of something that has lost its elasticity | - |
(noun) 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 | Synonyms: unresponsiveness |
deafness | (noun) partial or complete loss of hearing | Synonyms: hearing loss |
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dearness | (noun) the quality possessed by something with a great price or value | Synonyms: costliness, preciousness |
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deathless | (adjective) never dying | Synonyms: undying |
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deceitfulness | (noun) the quality of being deceitful | - |
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deceptiveness | (noun) the quality of being deceptive | Synonyms: obliquity |
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decisiveness | (noun) the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose | Synonyms: decision |
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(noun) the quality of being final or definitely settled | Synonyms: conclusiveness, finality |
decompress | (verb) become less tense, rest, or take one's ease | Synonyms: loosen up, relax, slow down, unbend, unwind |
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(verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: depressurise, depressurize |
(verb) restore to its uncompressed form | Synonyms: uncompress |
decompressing | (noun) relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure) | Synonyms: decompression |
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decompression | (noun) relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure) | Synonyms: decompressing |
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(noun) restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display | - |
decorativeness | (noun) an appearance that serves to decorate and make something more attractive | - |
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decorousness | (noun) propriety in manners and conduct | Synonyms: decorum |
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deepness | (noun) the quality of being physically deep | Synonyms: profoundness, profundity |
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(noun) the extent downward or backward or inward | Synonyms: depth |
(noun) a low pitch that is loud and voluminous | - |
(noun) the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas | Synonyms: astuteness, depth, profoundness, profundity |
defectiveness | (noun) the state of being defective | Synonyms: faultiness |
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defenceless | (adjective) lacking weapons for self-defense | Synonyms: defenseless |
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(adjective) lacking protection or support | Synonyms: defenseless |
(adverb) without defense | Synonyms: defencelessly, defenseless, defenselessly |
defencelessly | (adverb) without defense | Synonyms: defenceless, defenseless, defenselessly |
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defencelessness | (noun) the property of being helpless in the face of attack | Synonyms: defenselessness, unprotectedness |
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defenseless | (adjective) lacking weapons for self-defense | Synonyms: defenceless |
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(adjective) having no protecting or concealing cover | Synonyms: naked |
(adjective) lacking protection or support | Synonyms: defenceless |
(adverb) without defense | Synonyms: defenceless, defencelessly, defenselessly |
defenselessly | (adverb) without defense | Synonyms: defenceless, defencelessly, defenseless |
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defenselessness | (noun) the property of being helpless in the face of attack | Synonyms: defencelessness, unprotectedness |
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defensiveness | (noun) excessive sensitivity to criticism | - |
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definiteness | (noun) the quality of being predictable with great confidence | Synonyms: determinateness |
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deftness | (noun) skillful performance or ability without difficulty | Synonyms: adeptness, adroitness, facility, quickness |
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defunctness | (noun) no longer in existence | Synonyms: extinction |
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degressive | (adjective) going down by steps | - |
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(adjective) (of taxes) gradually decreasing in rate on sums below a certain amount | - |
dejectedness | (noun) a feeling of low spirits | Synonyms: dispiritedness, downheartedness, low-spiritedness, lowness |
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deliberateness | (noun) the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision | Synonyms: deliberation |
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(noun) a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry | Synonyms: deliberation, slowness, unhurriedness |
delicatessen | (noun) a shop selling ready-to-eat food products | Synonyms: deli, food shop |
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(noun) ready-to-eat food products | Synonyms: delicatessen food |
deliciousness | (noun) extreme appetizingness | Synonyms: delectability, lusciousness, toothsomeness |
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dementedness | (noun) mental deterioration of organic or functional origin | Synonyms: dementia |
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demonstrativeness | (noun) tending to express your feelings freely | - |
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demureness | (noun) the trait of behaving with reserve and decorum | - |
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(noun) the affectation of being demure in a provocative way | Synonyms: coyness |
denseness | (noun) the amount per unit size | Synonyms: density |
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(noun) the spatial property of being crowded together | Synonyms: compactness, concentration, density, tightness |
(noun) the quality of being mentally slow and limited | Synonyms: dumbness, slow-wittedness |
dependableness | (noun) the quality of being dependable or reliable | Synonyms: dependability, reliability, reliableness |
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depress | (verb) lessen the activity or force of | - |
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(verb) press down | Synonyms: press down |
(verb) cause to drop or sink | Synonyms: lower |
(verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, dismay, dispirit, get down |
(verb) lower (prices or markets) | - |
depressant | (adjective) capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent | - |
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(noun) a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person | Synonyms: downer, sedative, sedative drug |
depressed | (adjective) filled with melancholy and despondency | Synonyms: blue, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low-spirited, low |
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(adjective) lower than previously | Synonyms: down |
(adjective) flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces | - |
depressing | (adjective) causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy | Synonyms: cheerless, uncheerful |
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depressingly | (adverb) in a depressing manner or to a depressing degree | - |
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depression | (noun) pushing down | - |
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(noun) sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy | - |
(noun) a sunken or depressed geological formation | Synonyms: natural depression |
(noun) angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) | - |
(noun) a concavity in a surface produced by pressing | Synonyms: impression, imprint |
(noun) a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity | - |
(noun) an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation | Synonyms: low |
(noun) a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment | Synonyms: economic crisis, slump |
(noun) a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention | Synonyms: clinical depression, depressive disorder |
depressive | (noun) someone suffering psychological depression | - |
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depressor | (noun) a device used by physician to press a part down or aside | - |
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(noun) any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down | Synonyms: depressor muscle |
(noun) any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves | Synonyms: depressor nerve |
depressurise | (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: decompress, depressurize |
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depressurize | (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: decompress, depressurise |
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deservingness | (noun) the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance) | Synonyms: merit, meritoriousness |
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desirableness | (noun) the quality of being worthy of desiring | Synonyms: desirability |
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(noun) attractiveness to the opposite sex | Synonyms: desirability, oomph, sex appeal |
despicableness | (noun) unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values | Synonyms: baseness, contemptibility, despicability, sordidness |
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dessert | (noun) a dish served as the last course of a meal | Synonyms: afters, sweet |
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dessertspoon | (noun) as much as a dessert spoon will hold | Synonyms: dessertspoonful |
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dessertspoonful | (noun) as much as a dessert spoon will hold | Synonyms: dessertspoon |
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dessiatine | (noun) a former Russian unit of area equal to 2.7 acres | - |
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destress | (verb) reduce the emphasis | Synonyms: de-emphasise, de-emphasize |
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destructiveness | (noun) the quality of causing destruction | - |
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determinateness | (noun) the quality of being predictable with great confidence | Synonyms: definiteness |
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devilishness | (noun) The property of resembling or being characteristic of a devil. | - |
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deviousness | (noun) the quality of being deceitful and underhanded | Synonyms: crookedness |
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(noun) the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly | Synonyms: obliqueness |
devotedness | (noun) feelings of ardent love | Synonyms: devotion |
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devoutness | (noun) piety by virtue of being devout | Synonyms: religiousness |
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dewiness | (noun) The state or property of being covered by dew, or bearing droplets of water. | - |
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difficultness | (noun) the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result | Synonyms: difficulty |
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diffuseness | (noun) the spatial property of being spread out over a wide area or through a large volume | - |
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digestibleness | (noun) the property of being easy to digest | Synonyms: digestibility |
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digress | (verb) lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking | Synonyms: divagate, stray, wander |
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(verb) wander from a direct or straight course | Synonyms: depart, sidetrack, straggle |
digression | (noun) a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) | Synonyms: deflection, deflexion, deviation, divagation, diversion |
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(noun) wandering from the main path of a journey | Synonyms: excursion |
(noun) a message that departs from the main subject | Synonyms: aside, divagation, excursus, parenthesis |
digressive | (adjective) (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects | Synonyms: discursive, excursive, rambling |
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(adjective) of superficial relevance if any | Synonyms: tangential |
digressiveness | (noun) The characteristic quality of poetry that is marked by departure from the subject, course, or idea at hand; or by an exploration of a different or unrelated concern. | - |
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