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stodginess
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stodginess
dull and pompous gravity
Synonyms:
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Related Words:
disuse
collapse
related words >
abandonment
,
abjure
,
absentation
,
antiquation
,
casting away
,
cessation
,
come off
,
cut out
,
desist
,
desuetude
,
discontinue
,
drop
,
evacuation
,
fogyishness
,
forsaking
,
give over
,
give up
,
have done with
,
jettison
,
jettisoning
,
leave off
,
leaving
,
let go
,
nol-pros
,
not pursue with
,
old-fashionedness
,
old-fogyishness
,
out-of-dateness
,
pulling out
,
put behind one
,
quit
,
relinquish
,
renounce
,
resign
,
staleness
,
stodginess
,
stop
,
stuffiness
,
superannuation
,
throwing overboard
,
unfashionableness
,
waive
,
withdrawal
thickening
collapse
the act of thickening
any material used to thicken; "starch is used in cooking as a thickening"
becoming more intricate or complex; "a thickening plot"
related words >
adhesiveness
,
clabbering
,
clamminess
,
clotting
,
coagulation
,
colloidality
,
concretion
,
congealment
,
congelation
,
curdling
,
doughiness
,
gelatination
,
gelatinity
,
gelatinization
,
gelatinousness
,
gelling
,
gluelikeness
,
gluiness
,
glutinosity
,
glutinousness
,
gumlikeness
,
gumminess
,
heaviness
,
incrassation
,
inspissation
,
jellification
,
jelling
,
jellying
,
jellylikeness
,
lentor
,
mucilaginousness
,
pastiness
,
ropiness
,
setting
,
slabbiness
,
sliminess
,
spissitude
,
stickiness
,
stodginess
,
stringiness
,
syrupiness
,
tackiness
,
tenaciousness
,
tenacity
,
thickness
,
toughness
,
treacliness
,
viscidity
,
viscosity
,
viscousness
pointlessness
collapse
related words >
absurdity
,
aimlessness
,
aridity
,
barrenness
,
bloodlessness
,
bootlessness
,
characterlessness
,
colorlessness
,
deadness
,
dismalness
,
dragginess
,
dreariness
,
dryness
,
dullness
,
dustiness
,
effeteness
,
emptiness
,
etiolation
,
fatuity
,
fecklessness
,
flatness
,
fruitlessness
,
futility
,
heaviness
,
hollowness
,
impotence
,
inanity
,
ineffectiveness
,
ineffectuality
,
inefficacy
,
inexcitability
,
insipidity
,
insipidness
,
jejunity
,
leadenness
,
lifelessness
,
lowness of spirit
,
meaninglessness
,
nugacity
,
otiosity
,
paleness
,
pallor
,
pokiness
,
ponderousness
,
profitlessness
,
purposelessness
,
rat race
,
slowness
,
solemnity
,
spiritlessness
,
sterility
,
stiffness
,
stodginess
,
stuffiness
,
superficiality
,
tastelessness
,
tediousness
,
the absurd
,
triviality
,
uninterestingness
,
unliveliness
,
unproductiveness
,
unprofitability
,
unprofitableness
,
valuelessness
,
vanity
,
vapidity
,
vapidness
,
vicious circle
,
woodenness
,
worthlessness
viscosity
collapse
resistance of a liquid to sheer forces (and hence to flow)
related words >
adhesiveness
,
bullheadedness
,
clabbering
,
clamminess
,
closeness
,
clotting
,
coagulation
,
cohesiveness
,
colloidality
,
compactness
,
congestedness
,
congestion
,
consistence
,
consistency
,
crowdedness
,
curdling
,
denseness
,
density
,
doughiness
,
firmness
,
gelatinity
,
gelatinousness
,
gluelikeness
,
gluiness
,
glutinosity
,
glutinousness
,
gumlikeness
,
gumminess
,
hardness
,
heaviness
,
impenetrability
,
impermeability
,
imporosity
,
incompressibility
,
incrassation
,
inspissation
,
jammedness
,
jellification
,
jellylikeness
,
lentor
,
mucilaginousness
,
obstinacy
,
pastiness
,
persistence
,
persistency
,
relative density
,
retention
,
ropiness
,
slabbiness
,
sliminess
,
snugness
,
solidity
,
solidness
,
specific gravity
,
spissitude
,
stick-to-itiveness
,
stickiness
,
stodginess
,
stringiness
,
stubbornness
,
syrupiness
,
tackiness
,
tenaciousness
,
tenacity
,
thickening
,
thickness
,
tightness
,
toughness
,
treacliness
,
viscidity
,
viscousness
sterility
collapse
the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate
related words >
aridity
,
asepsis
,
barrenness
,
birth control
,
bloodlessness
,
characterlessness
,
cleanliness
,
cleanly habits
,
cleanness
,
colorlessness
,
contraception
,
daintiness
,
deadness
,
dearth
,
dismalness
,
dragginess
,
dreariness
,
dry womb
,
dryness
,
dullness
,
dustiness
,
effeteness
,
emptiness
,
etiolation
,
family planning
,
famine
,
fastidiousness
,
flatness
,
freshness
,
heaviness
,
hollowness
,
hospital cleanliness
,
immaculacy
,
immaculateness
,
impotence
,
inanity
,
ineffectualness
,
inexcitability
,
infecundity
,
infertility
,
insipidity
,
insipidness
,
jejunity
,
leadenness
,
lifelessness
,
lowness of spirit
,
paleness
,
pallor
,
planned parenthood
,
pointlessness
,
pokiness
,
ponderousness
,
pureness
,
purity
,
slowness
,
solemnity
,
spiritlessness
,
spotlessness
,
stainlessness
,
sterileness
,
stiffness
,
stodginess
,
stuffiness
,
superficiality
,
tastelessness
,
tediousness
,
tidiness
,
unfertileness
,
unfruitfulness
,
uninterestingness
,
unliveliness
,
unproductiveness
,
unspottedness
,
vapidity
,
vapidness
,
whiteness
,
withered loins
,
woodenness
pastiness
collapse
related words >
adhesiveness
,
anemia
,
ashiness
,
bloodlessness
,
cadaverousness
,
chloranemia
,
clabbering
,
clamminess
,
clotting
,
coagulation
,
colloidality
,
curdling
,
deathly hue
,
deathly pallor
,
dimness
,
doughiness
,
dullness
,
exsanguination
,
fadedness
,
faintness
,
fairness
,
flabbiness
,
fleshiness
,
gelatinity
,
gelatinousness
,
ghastliness
,
gluelikeness
,
gluiness
,
glutinosity
,
glutinousness
,
gumlikeness
,
gumminess
,
haggardness
,
heaviness
,
hypochromia
,
hypochromic anemia
,
incrassation
,
inspissation
,
jellification
,
jellylikeness
,
lentor
,
lightness
,
lividness
,
mashiness
,
mucilaginousness
,
muddiness
,
mushiness
,
paleness
,
pallidity
,
pallidness
,
pallor
,
pithiness
,
prison pallor
,
pulpiness
,
pulpousness
,
ropiness
,
sallowness
,
sickliness
,
sickly hue
,
slabbiness
,
sliminess
,
softness
,
spissitude
,
sponginess
,
squashiness
,
stickiness
,
stodginess
,
stringiness
,
succulence
,
syrupiness
,
tackiness
,
tenaciousness
,
tenacity
,
thickening
,
thickness
,
toughness
,
treacliness
,
viscidity
,
viscosity
,
viscousness
,
wanness
,
weakness
deadness
collapse
the inanimate property of something that has died
the physical property of something that has lost its elasticity; "he objected to the deadness of the tennis balls"
related words >
analgesia
,
anesthesia
,
aridity
,
barrenness
,
bloodlessness
,
callousness
,
characterlessness
,
colorlessness
,
dismalness
,
dragginess
,
dreariness
,
dryness
,
dullness
,
dustiness
,
effeteness
,
electronarcosis
,
emptiness
,
etiolation
,
flatness
,
flavorlessness
,
heaviness
,
hollowness
,
impassibility
,
imperception
,
imperceptiveness
,
imperceptivity
,
impercipience
,
inanity
,
inconsiderateness
,
inexcitability
,
insensibility
,
insensibleness
,
insensitiveness
,
insensitivity
,
insentience
,
insipidity
,
insipidness
,
jejuneness
,
jejunity
,
leadenness
,
lifelessness
,
lowness of spirit
,
mildness
,
muffled tone
,
mutedness
,
narcosis
,
narcotization
,
numbness
,
obtuseness
,
paleness
,
pallor
,
pins and needles
,
pointlessness
,
pokiness
,
ponderousness
,
saplessness
,
savorlessness
,
slowness
,
solemnity
,
spiritlessness
,
staleness
,
sterility
,
stiffness
,
stodginess
,
stuffiness
,
superficiality
,
tastelessness
,
tediousness
,
thick skin
,
thinness
,
unfeeling
,
unfeelingness
,
uninterestingness
,
unliveliness
,
unperceptiveness
,
unsavoriness
,
vapidity
,
vapidness
,
veiled voice
,
voce velata
,
weakness
,
wishy-washiness
,
woodenness
thickness
collapse
resistance to flow
the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
used of a line or mark
indistinct articulation; "judging from the thickness of his speech he had been drinking heavily"
related words >
adhesiveness
,
band
,
bed
,
bedding
,
belt
,
bodily size
,
body
,
bulk
,
cacophony
,
clabbering
,
clamminess
,
closeness
,
clotting
,
coagulation
,
coarseness
,
colloidality
,
compactness
,
congestedness
,
congestion
,
consistence
,
consistency
,
corpulence
,
couche
,
course
,
cracked voice
,
crowdedness
,
curdling
,
deck
,
denseness
,
density
,
depth
,
discord
,
distance through
,
doughiness
,
dryness
,
fatness
,
firmness
,
floor
,
gallery
,
gelatinity
,
gelatinousness
,
gluelikeness
,
gluiness
,
glutinosity
,
glutinousness
,
grossness
,
gruffness
,
gumlikeness
,
gumminess
,
gutturalism
,
gutturality
,
gutturalness
,
hardness
,
harshness
,
heaviness
,
hoarseness
,
huskiness
,
impenetrability
,
impermeability
,
imporosity
,
incompressibility
,
incrassation
,
inspissation
,
jammedness
,
jellification
,
jellylikeness
,
layer
,
ledge
,
lentor
,
level
,
mass
,
measures
,
mucilaginousness
,
overlayer
,
overstory
,
pastiness
,
raspiness
,
raucity
,
relative density
,
ropiness
,
roughness
,
rudeness
,
scrapiness
,
scratchiness
,
seam
,
shelf
,
slabbiness
,
sliminess
,
solidity
,
solidness
,
specific gravity
,
spissitude
,
stage
,
step
,
stertorousness
,
stickiness
,
stodginess
,
story
,
stratum
,
stringiness
,
substratum
,
superstratum
,
syrupiness
,
tackiness
,
tenaciousness
,
tenacity
,
the third dimension
,
thickening
,
throatiness
,
tier
,
topsoil
,
toughness
,
treacliness
,
ugliness
,
underlayer
,
understory
,
understratum
,
viscidity
,
viscosity
,
viscousness
,
zone
pallor
collapse
related words >
Hippocratic face
,
achromatism
,
anemia
,
aridity
,
ashiness
,
barrenness
,
bloodlessness
,
cadaverousness
,
cast
,
characterlessness
,
chloranemia
,
chromatism
,
chromism
,
color
,
color balance
,
color harmony
,
color scheme
,
coloration
,
coloring
,
colorlessness
,
complexion
,
corpselikeness
,
deadliness
,
deadness
,
deathlikeness
,
deathliness
,
deathly hue
,
deathly pallor
,
decorator color
,
dimness
,
dismalness
,
dragginess
,
dreariness
,
dryness
,
dullness
,
dustiness
,
eeriness
,
effeteness
,
emptiness
,
etiolation
,
exsanguination
,
facies Hippocratica
,
fadedness
,
faintness
,
fairness
,
flatness
,
ghastliness
,
ghostlikeness
,
ghostliness
,
grisliness
,
gruesomeness
,
haggardness
,
heaviness
,
hollowness
,
hue
,
hypochromia
,
hypochromic anemia
,
inanity
,
inexcitability
,
insipidity
,
insipidness
,
jejunity
,
key
,
leadenness
,
lifelessness
,
lightness
,
lividness
,
lowness of spirit
,
luridness
,
macabreness
,
mask of death
,
muddiness
,
natural color
,
paleness
,
pallidity
,
pallidness
,
pastiness
,
pointlessness
,
pokiness
,
ponderousness
,
prison pallor
,
sallowness
,
shade
,
sickliness
,
sickly hue
,
skin color
,
slowness
,
solemnity
,
spiritlessness
,
sterility
,
stiffness
,
stodginess
,
stuffiness
,
superficiality
,
tastelessness
,
tediousness
,
tinct
,
tincture
,
tinge
,
tint
,
tone
,
uncanniness
,
undercolor
,
unearthliness
,
uninterestingness
,
unliveliness
,
vapidity
,
vapidness
,
wanness
,
weakness
,
weirdness
,
woodenness
dryness
collapse
the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)
related words >
acerbity
,
acescency
,
acidity
,
acidulousness
,
appetite
,
aridity
,
aridness
,
barrenness
,
birth control
,
bloodlessness
,
cacophony
,
canine appetite
,
characterlessness
,
coarseness
,
colorlessness
,
contraception
,
cracked voice
,
deadness
,
dearth
,
dearth of ideas
,
discord
,
dismalness
,
dragginess
,
dreariness
,
drought
,
dry womb
,
dullness
,
dustiness
,
effeteness
,
emptiness
,
empty stomach
,
etiolation
,
family planning
,
famine
,
flatness
,
greenness
,
gruffness
,
gutturalism
,
gutturality
,
gutturalness
,
harshness
,
heaviness
,
hoarseness
,
hollow hunger
,
hollowness
,
hunger
,
hungriness
,
huskiness
,
hyperacidity
,
impotence
,
inanity
,
ineffectualness
,
inexcitability
,
infecundity
,
infertility
,
insipidity
,
insipidness
,
jejunity
,
leadenness
,
lifelessness
,
lowness of spirit
,
paleness
,
pallor
,
planned parenthood
,
pointlessness
,
pokiness
,
polydipsia
,
ponderousness
,
prosaicism
,
prosaicness
,
prosaism
,
prosiness
,
pungency
,
raspiness
,
raucity
,
relish
,
roughness
,
rudeness
,
scrapiness
,
scratchiness
,
slowness
,
solemnity
,
sour
,
sourishness
,
sourness
,
spiritlessness
,
staidness
,
sterileness
,
sterility
,
stertorousness
,
stiffness
,
stodginess
,
stolidity
,
stomach
,
stuffiness
,
subacidity
,
superficiality
,
sweet tooth
,
tapeworm
,
tartishness
,
tartness
,
taste
,
tastelessness
,
tediousness
,
thickness
,
thirst
,
thirstiness
,
throatiness
,
torment of Tantalus
,
ugliness
,
uncreativeness
,
unfancifulness
,
unfertileness
,
unfruitfulness
,
unimaginativeness
,
uninterestingness
,
unliveliness
,
unoriginality
,
unpoeticalness
,
unproductiveness
,
unripeness
,
unsweetness
,
vapidity
,
vapidness
,
verjuice
,
vinegariness
,
vinegarishness
,
withered loins
,
woodenness
stiffness
collapse
firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action; "a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity"
the property of moving with pain or difficulty; "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"
the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
related words >
adamantness
,
aridity
,
barrenness
,
bloodlessness
,
buckram
,
ceremonial
,
ceremoniousness
,
ceremony
,
characterlessness
,
cohesiveness
,
colorlessness
,
costliness
,
deadness
,
dearness
,
dignity
,
dismalness
,
dourness
,
dragginess
,
dreariness
,
dryness
,
dullness
,
durability
,
dustiness
,
effeteness
,
emptiness
,
etiolation
,
extrinsicality
,
firmness
,
flatness
,
flintiness
,
form
,
formality
,
formalization
,
fundamentalism
,
gravity
,
great cost
,
grimness
,
hard-bittenness
,
hard-nosedness
,
hardiness
,
hardness
,
heaviness
,
highness
,
hollowness
,
immovability
,
immutability
,
impliability
,
inanity
,
inelasticity
,
inexcitability
,
inexorability
,
inflexibility
,
infrangibility
,
insipidity
,
insipidness
,
intransigeance
,
intransigence
,
intransigency
,
intransigentism
,
irreconcilability
,
jejunity
,
lastingness
,
leadenness
,
leatherlikeness
,
lifelessness
,
lowness of spirit
,
luxuriousness
,
obduracy
,
obdurateness
,
obstinacy
,
orthodoxy
,
paleness
,
pallor
,
pointlessness
,
pokiness
,
pomp
,
pomposity
,
ponderousness
,
precisianism
,
primness
,
purism
,
puritanism
,
relentlessness
,
renitence
,
renitency
,
resistance
,
richness
,
rigidity
,
rigidness
,
rigor
,
rigorism
,
rigorousness
,
ritual
,
rituality
,
ropiness
,
slowness
,
solemnity
,
spiritlessness
,
stamina
,
starchiness
,
steeliness
,
steepness
,
sterility
,
sternness
,
stiff temper
,
stiltedness
,
stodginess
,
strength
,
stringiness
,
stubbornness
,
stuffiness
,
stylization
,
sumptuousness
,
superficiality
,
tastelessness
,
tautness
,
tediousness
,
tenacity
,
tenseness
,
tension
,
tensity
,
tightness
,
toughness
,
unalterability
,
unbendingness
,
unbreakability
,
unbreakableness
,
unchangeability
,
uncompromisingness
,
ungivingness
,
uninterestingness
,
unliveliness
,
unrelentingness
,
unyieldingness
,
vapidity
,
vapidness
,
viscidity
,
vitality
,
weight
,
woodenness
ponderousness
collapse
an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency; "a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness"; "his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition"
related words >
Gothicism
,
aridity
,
avoirdupois
,
awkwardness
,
bad taste
,
barbarism
,
barbarousness
,
barrenness
,
beef
,
beefiness
,
bloodlessness
,
bombasticness
,
boorishness
,
bulkiness
,
bumblingness
,
cacology
,
cacophony
,
characterlessness
,
clownishness
,
clumsiness
,
coarseness
,
colorlessness
,
crudeness
,
cumbersomeness
,
cumbrousness
,
deadness
,
deadweight
,
dismalness
,
dragginess
,
dreariness
,
dryness
,
dullness
,
dustiness
,
dysphemism
,
effeteness
,
emptiness
,
etiolation
,
fatness
,
flatness
,
gawkiness
,
gawkishness
,
gracelessness
,
gravity
,
gross weight
,
grossness
,
ham-handedness
,
handful of thumbs
,
harshness
,
heaviness
,
heavy-handedness
,
heft
,
heftiness
,
hollowness
,
hulkiness
,
ill-balanced sentences
,
impracticality
,
impropriety
,
impurity
,
inanity
,
inconcinnity
,
inconvenience
,
incorrectness
,
indecorousness
,
inelegance
,
inelegancy
,
inexcitability
,
infelicity
,
insipidity
,
insipidness
,
jejunity
,
lack of finish
,
lack of polish
,
leadenness
,
left-handedness
,
lifelessness
,
liveweight
,
loutishness
,
lowness of spirit
,
lubberliness
,
lumpishness
,
maladroitness
,
massiveness
,
neat weight
,
net
,
net weight
,
oafishness
,
overbalance
,
overweight
,
paleness
,
pallor
,
pointlessness
,
pokiness
,
pompousness
,
ponderability
,
ponderosity
,
poor diction
,
poundage
,
roughness
,
rudeness
,
sesquipedalianism
,
sesquipedality
,
slipshod construction
,
slowness
,
solemnity
,
spiritlessness
,
sterility
,
stiffness
,
stiltedness
,
stodginess
,
stuffiness
,
superficiality
,
tastelessness
,
tediousness
,
tonnage
,
turgidity
,
uncouthness
,
underweight
,
uneuphoniousness
,
ungainliness
,
ungracefulness
,
unhandiness
,
uninterestingness
,
unliveliness
,
unmanageability
,
unrefinement
,
unseemliness
,
unwieldiness
,
vapidity
,
vapidness
,
vulgarism
,
vulgarity
,
weight
,
weightiness
,
woodenness
paleness
collapse
being deficient in color
the property of having a naturally light complexion
related words >
Hippocratic face
,
achroma
,
achromasia
,
achromatosis
,
albescence
,
albinism
,
albino
,
albinoism
,
anemia
,
aridity
,
ashiness
,
barrenness
,
bleariness
,
blondness
,
bloodlessness
,
blur
,
blurriness
,
cadaverousness
,
canescence
,
chalkiness
,
characterlessness
,
chloranemia
,
colorlessness
,
corpselikeness
,
creaminess
,
darkness
,
deadliness
,
deadness
,
deathlikeness
,
deathliness
,
deathly hue
,
deathly pallor
,
defocus
,
dimness
,
dismalness
,
dragginess
,
dreariness
,
dryness
,
dullness
,
dustiness
,
eeriness
,
effeteness
,
emptiness
,
etiolation
,
exsanguination
,
facies Hippocratica
,
fadedness
,
faintness
,
fairness
,
feebleness
,
filminess
,
flatness
,
fogginess
,
frostiness
,
fuzziness
,
ghastliness
,
ghostlikeness
,
ghostliness
,
glaucescence
,
glaucousness
,
grisliness
,
grizzliness
,
gruesomeness
,
haggardness
,
half-visibility
,
haziness
,
heaviness
,
hoariness
,
hollowness
,
hypochromia
,
hypochromic anemia
,
inanity
,
indefiniteness
,
indistinctness
,
indistinguishability
,
inexcitability
,
insipidity
,
insipidness
,
jejunity
,
lactescence
,
leadenness
,
leukoderma
,
lifelessness
,
lightness
,
lividness
,
low profile
,
lowness of spirit
,
luridness
,
macabreness
,
mask of death
,
milkiness
,
mistiness
,
muddiness
,
obscurity
,
pallidity
,
pallidness
,
pallor
,
pastiness
,
pearliness
,
pointlessness
,
pokiness
,
ponderousness
,
prison pallor
,
sallowness
,
semivisibility
,
shadowiness
,
sickliness
,
sickly hue
,
silver
,
silveriness
,
slowness
,
snowiness
,
soft focus
,
solemnity
,
spiritlessness
,
sterility
,
stiffness
,
stodginess
,
stuffiness
,
superficiality
,
tastelessness
,
tediousness
,
uncanniness
,
uncertainty
,
unclearness
,
unearthliness
,
uninterestingness
,
unliveliness
,
unplainness
,
vague appearance
,
vagueness
,
vapidity
,
vapidness
,
vitiligo
,
wanness
,
weakness
,
weirdness
,
white
,
white race
,
whiteness
,
whitishness
,
woodenness
solemnity
collapse
related words >
aridity
,
augustness
,
baccalaureate service
,
barrenness
,
bleakness
,
bloodlessness
,
buckram
,
celebration
,
ceremonial
,
ceremoniousness
,
ceremony
,
characterlessness
,
circumstance
,
colorlessness
,
commencement
,
consequence
,
convocation
,
courtliness
,
darkness
,
deadness
,
dignifiedness
,
dignity
,
dismalness
,
dragginess
,
dreariness
,
dryness
,
dullness
,
dustiness
,
duty
,
earnestness
,
effeteness
,
elevation
,
emptiness
,
empty formality
,
etiolation
,
exercise
,
exercises
,
extrinsicality
,
flatness
,
form
,
form of worship
,
formal
,
formality
,
formalization
,
formula
,
formulary
,
function
,
gloom
,
gloominess
,
graduation
,
graduation exercises
,
grandeur
,
gravity
,
grimness
,
heaviness
,
heraldry
,
hollowness
,
holy rite
,
impersonality
,
importance
,
impressiveness
,
inanity
,
inaugural
,
inauguration
,
inexcitability
,
initiation
,
insipidity
,
insipidness
,
institution
,
jejunity
,
kingliness
,
leadenness
,
lifelessness
,
liturgy
,
loftiness
,
lordliness
,
lowness of spirit
,
majesty
,
mode of worship
,
moderation
,
momentousness
,
mummery
,
mystery
,
no joke
,
no laughing matter
,
nobility
,
observance
,
office
,
order of worship
,
ordinance
,
paleness
,
pallor
,
performance
,
pointlessness
,
pokiness
,
pomp
,
pomposity
,
ponderousness
,
practice
,
prescribed form
,
pride
,
pride of bearing
,
pride of place
,
primness
,
princeliness
,
proud bearing
,
regality
,
religious ceremony
,
reserve
,
rigidness
,
rite
,
rite de passage
,
rite of passage
,
ritual
,
ritual observance
,
rituality
,
sacrament
,
sacramental
,
sedateness
,
seriousness
,
service
,
slowness
,
sober-mindedness
,
soberness
,
sobersidedness
,
sobersides
,
sobriety
,
solemnization
,
solemnness
,
somberness
,
spiritlessness
,
staidness
,
starchiness
,
state
,
stateliness
,
sterility
,
stiffness
,
stiltedness
,
stodginess
,
stuffiness
,
stylization
,
sublimity
,
superficiality
,
taciturnity
,
tastelessness
,
tediousness
,
temperance
,
uninterestingness
,
unliveliness
,
vapidity
,
vapidness
,
venerability
,
wearifulness
,
wearisomeness
,
weight
,
weightiness
,
woodenness
,
worthiness
superficiality
collapse
lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling
shallowness in terms of affecting only surface layers of something; "he ignored the wound because of its superficiality"
related words >
a little learning
,
absentmindedness
,
amateurism
,
apparent character
,
appearance
,
appearances
,
aridity
,
barrenness
,
big deal
,
bloodlessness
,
carelessness
,
characterlessness
,
colorlessness
,
cursoriness
,
deadness
,
dilettantism
,
dilettantship
,
dismalness
,
display
,
disregard
,
disregardfulness
,
distraction
,
dragginess
,
dreariness
,
dryness
,
dullness
,
dustiness
,
effeteness
,
emptiness
,
epidermis
,
etiolation
,
exteriority
,
exteriors
,
external appearance
,
externality
,
externalness
,
externals
,
extrinsicality
,
facade
,
flatness
,
flightiness
,
flimsiness
,
flippancy
,
fluffiness
,
foolishness
,
foreignness
,
frivolity
,
frivolousness
,
front
,
frothiness
,
futility
,
gaudiness
,
giddiness
,
glimmering
,
glimpse
,
gloss
,
half-learning
,
heaviness
,
heedlessness
,
hollowness
,
idleness
,
imperfect knowledge
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
inanity
,
inattention
,
inattentiveness
,
inconsideration
,
incuriosity
,
indifference
,
inexcitability
,
inobservance
,
insipidity
,
insipidness
,
jejunity
,
lack of depth
,
leadenness
,
levity
,
lifelessness
,
lightmindedness
,
lightness
,
lowness of spirit
,
manner
,
mere externals
,
mere scratch
,
meretriciousness
,
mien
,
negligence
,
no depth
,
no water
,
nonobservance
,
nugacity
,
obliviousness
,
openness
,
ostent
,
outerness
,
outward appearance
,
outward show
,
outwardness
,
paleness
,
pallor
,
pinprick
,
pointlessness
,
pokiness
,
ponderousness
,
public image
,
regardlessness
,
rind
,
sciolism
,
scratch
,
seeming
,
semi-learning
,
shallow-wittedness
,
shallowness
,
shoaliness
,
show
,
silliness
,
skin
,
slenderness
,
slight knowledge
,
slightness
,
slowness
,
smattering
,
smattering of ignorance
,
smattering of knowledge
,
solemnity
,
speciousness
,
spiritlessness
,
sterility
,
stiffness
,
stodginess
,
stuffiness
,
superficies
,
surface
,
surface appearance
,
surface show
,
surface-scratching
,
tastelessness
,
tediousness
,
thinness
,
thoughtlessness
,
triflingness
,
triteness
,
triviality
,
trivialness
,
unalertness
,
unawareness
,
unconsciousness
,
unheedfulness
,
unintentiveness
,
uninterestingness
,
unliveliness
,
unmindfulness
,
unobservance
,
unprofoundness
,
unprofundity
,
unwariness
,
unwatchfulness
,
vacuity
,
vague notion
,
vain show
,
vanity
,
vapidity
,
vapidness
,
veneer
,
volatility
,
woodenness
tenacity
collapse
related words >
adhesiveness
,
application
,
assiduity
,
assiduousness
,
balkiness
,
bigotry
,
bottling up
,
bulldog courage
,
bulldog tenacity
,
bullheadedness
,
clabbering
,
clamminess
,
cling
,
clotting
,
coagulation
,
cohesiveness
,
colloidality
,
commitment
,
concentration
,
consistency
,
constancy
,
corking up
,
curdling
,
decidedness
,
decision
,
decisiveness
,
dedication
,
definiteness
,
determinateness
,
determination
,
determinedness
,
devotion
,
diligence
,
dogged perseverance
,
doggedness
,
dogmatism
,
doughiness
,
durability
,
earnestness
,
endurance
,
engrossment
,
fanaticism
,
fidelity
,
firmness
,
fixed mind
,
fortitude
,
gameness
,
gaminess
,
gelatinity
,
gelatinousness
,
gluelikeness
,
gluiness
,
glutinosity
,
glutinousness
,
grit
,
grittiness
,
gumlikeness
,
gumminess
,
hardheadedness
,
hardihood
,
hardiness
,
hardness
,
headstrongness
,
heaviness
,
holding
,
holding in
,
incrassation
,
indefatigability
,
industriousness
,
industry
,
inflexibility
,
inflexible will
,
infrangibility
,
inhibition
,
insistence
,
insistency
,
inspissation
,
intolerance
,
intransigence
,
jellification
,
jellylikeness
,
keeping
,
lastingness
,
leatherlikeness
,
lentor
,
locking in
,
loyalty
,
maintenance
,
mettlesomeness
,
mucilaginousness
,
mulishness
,
nerviness
,
obduracy
,
obstinacy
,
obstinateness
,
opinionatedness
,
overzealousness
,
pastiness
,
patience
,
patience of Job
,
permanence
,
perseverance
,
persistence
,
persistency
,
pertinaciousness
,
pertinacity
,
pigheadedness
,
plodding
,
pluckiness
,
plugging
,
power
,
prehension
,
preoccupation
,
preservation
,
purpose
,
purposefulness
,
relentlessness
,
repression
,
resilience
,
resistance
,
resoluteness
,
resolution
,
resolve
,
resolvedness
,
restiveness
,
retainment
,
retention
,
retentiveness
,
retentivity
,
rigidity
,
ropiness
,
sand
,
sedulity
,
sedulousness
,
self-will
,
seriousness
,
sincerity
,
single-mindedness
,
singleness of purpose
,
slabbiness
,
sliminess
,
slogging
,
snugness
,
spissitude
,
spunkiness
,
stability
,
stamina
,
staunchness
,
staying power
,
steadfastness
,
steadiness
,
stick-to-itiveness
,
stickiness
,
stiff neck
,
stiff-neckedness
,
stiffness
,
stodginess
,
strength
,
stringiness
,
strongheadness
,
stubbornness
,
sulkiness
,
sullenness
,
suppression
,
syrupiness
,
tackiness
,
tenaciousness
,
thickening
,
thickness
,
tightness
,
tirelessness
,
total commitment
,
toughness
,
treacliness
,
unbreakability
,
unbreakableness
,
uncompromisingness
,
uncooperativeness
,
unregenerateness
,
unremittingness
,
unswerving attention
,
viscidity
,
viscosity
,
viscousness
,
vitality
,
will
,
willfulness
toughness
collapse
related words >
Spartanism
,
abstruseness
,
adamantness
,
adhesiveness
,
arduousness
,
astringency
,
austerity
,
authoritarianism
,
backbone
,
body
,
bothersomeness
,
bottom
,
bullheadedness
,
burdensomeness
,
callosity
,
callousness
,
chutzpah
,
clabbering
,
clamminess
,
clotting
,
coagulation
,
cohesiveness
,
colloidality
,
complexity
,
complication
,
concreteness
,
consistency
,
courage
,
curdling
,
decisiveness
,
demandingness
,
density
,
difficultness
,
difficulty
,
discipline
,
doughiness
,
dourness
,
durability
,
durity
,
endurance
,
energy
,
exactingness
,
firmness
,
flintiness
,
force
,
fortitude
,
gameness
,
gelatinity
,
gelatinousness
,
gluelikeness
,
gluiness
,
glutinosity
,
glutinousness
,
grimness
,
grit
,
gumlikeness
,
gumminess
,
guts
,
gutsiness
,
guttiness
,
hairiness
,
hard-bittenness
,
hard-nosedness
,
hardiness
,
hardness
,
hardness of heart
,
harshness
,
heart
,
heart of oak
,
heartiness
,
heaviness
,
immovability
,
immutability
,
impenetrability
,
implacability
,
impliability
,
incrassation
,
induration
,
inelasticity
,
inexorability
,
inflexibility
,
inspissation
,
intestinal fortitude
,
intransigeance
,
intransigence
,
intransigency
,
intransigentism
,
intricacy
,
irreconcilability
,
jellification
,
jellylikeness
,
laboriousness
,
lentor
,
lustihood
,
lustiness
,
mass
,
materiality
,
meticulousness
,
mettle
,
mettlesomeness
,
might
,
mightiness
,
moxie
,
mucilaginousness
,
nerve
,
obduracy
,
obstinacy
,
onerousness
,
oppressiveness
,
palpability
,
pastiness
,
persistence
,
persistency
,
pith
,
pluck
,
pluckiness
,
ponderability
,
potency
,
power
,
powerfulness
,
regimentation
,
relentlessness
,
resistance
,
restiveness
,
retention
,
rigid discipline
,
rigidity
,
rigor
,
rigorism
,
rigorousness
,
robustness
,
ropiness
,
ruggedness
,
severity
,
slabbiness
,
sliminess
,
snugness
,
solidity
,
soundness
,
spirit
,
spissitude
,
spunk
,
spunkiness
,
stability
,
stalwartness
,
stamina
,
staying power
,
steadiness
,
steeliness
,
sternness
,
stick-to-itiveness
,
stickiness
,
sticking power
,
stiff temper
,
stiffness
,
stodginess
,
stoniness
,
stout heart
,
stoutness
,
strength
,
strength of will
,
strenuousness
,
strictness
,
stringency
,
stringiness
,
stubbornness
,
sturdiness
,
substance
,
substantiality
,
substantialness
,
syrupiness
,
tackiness
,
tangibility
,
tenaciousness
,
tenacity
,
thickening
,
thickness
,
tightness
,
toilsomeness
,
treacliness
,
troublesomeness
,
true grit
,
unalterability
,
unbendingness
,
unchangeability
,
uncompromisingness
,
ungivingness
,
unrelentingness
,
unyieldingness
,
vigor
,
vigorousness
,
viscidity
,
viscosity
,
viscousness
,
vitality
stuffiness
collapse
the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat
related words >
Quakerishness
,
THI
,
airlessness
,
antiquation
,
aridity
,
aridness
,
authoritarianism
,
barrenness
,
bigotry
,
blind side
,
blind spot
,
blinders
,
bloodlessness
,
callowness
,
cantankerousness
,
censoriousness
,
characterlessness
,
childishness
,
closed mind
,
closeness
,
colorlessness
,
contrariness
,
cramped ideas
,
cussedness
,
deadness
,
dearth of ideas
,
demureness
,
demurity
,
difficultness
,
dismalness
,
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humidity
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inexcitability
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inexpedience
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infertility
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inflation
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insipidity
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insularism
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insularity
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irascibility
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irrationality
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jejunity
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leadenness
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lifelessness
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little-mindedness
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littleness
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lowness of spirit
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malodorousness
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mauvaise honte
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mean mind
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mildew
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mugginess
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must
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narrow sympathies
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narrow views
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narrowness
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nearsightedness
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noisomeness
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odium theologicum
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odorousness
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offensiveness
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old-fashionedness
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old-fogyishness
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oppression
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oppressiveness
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orneriness
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orotundity
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out-of-dateness
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overmodesty
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paleness
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pallor
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parochialism
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perverseness
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perversite
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perversity
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pettiness
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petty mind
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pointlessness
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pokiness
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pomposity
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pompousness
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pontificality
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pontification
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priggishness
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primness
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prosaicism
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prosaism
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prosiness
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provincialism
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prudery
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prudishness
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puerility
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purblindness
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puritanicalness
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putridness
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rancidity
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rancidness
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rankness
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reasonlessness
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reastiness
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recklessness
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repulsiveness
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rottenness
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sanctimoniousness
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sanctimony
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self-importance
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senselessness
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shortsightedness
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shut mind
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slowness
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smallness
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smelliness
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smugness
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solemnity
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spiritlessness
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staidness
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staleness
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sterility
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stickiness
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stiff-neckedness
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stinkingness
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stodginess
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stolidity
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straitlacedness
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sulkiness
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sullenness
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superannuation
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superficiality
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tastelessness
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tediousness
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thoughtlessness
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turgidity
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uncatholicity
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uncreativeness
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unfancifulness
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unfashionableness
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unimaginativeness
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unintelligence
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uninterestingness
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unliveliness
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unoriginality
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unreason
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unreasonableness
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unsensibleness
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unsoundness
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unthoughtfulness
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unwisdom
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unwiseness
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vapidity
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witlessness
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woodenness
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absurdity
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aridity
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big deal
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bloodlessness
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characterlessness
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clean slate
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colorlessness
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dead letter
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deadness
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dismalness
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dottiness
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dragginess
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dreariness
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dryness
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dullness
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dustiness
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eccentricity
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effeteness
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emptiness
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emptiness of mind
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empty space
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empty-headedness
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failure
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flatness
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flavorlessness
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flimsiness
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foolishness
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frivolity
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frivolousness
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fruitlessness
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futility
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giddiness
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goofiness
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greenhornism
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greenness
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heaviness
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hiatus of learning
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hollowness
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idiocy
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idleness
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ignorance
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inefficacy
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inexperience
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innocence
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insanity
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invalidity
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jejuneness
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jejunity
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know-nothingism
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knowledge-gap
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lack of information
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leadenness
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levity
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lifelessness
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lightness
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lowness of spirit
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lunacy
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madness
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meaninglessness
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mental blankness
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mental void
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mere noise
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mildness
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mindlessness
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nescience
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noise
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nothing
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nothingness
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nullity
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nuttiness
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otiosity
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paleness
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pallor
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passivity
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phatic communion
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pointlessness
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pokiness
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ponderousness
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preposterousness
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profitlessness
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purposelessness
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queerness
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quietism
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rat race
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rawness
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saplessness
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sappiness
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savorlessness
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screwiness
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senselessness
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shallowness
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silliness
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simpleness
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simplicity
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slenderness
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slightness
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slowness
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solemnity
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spiritlessness
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staleness
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sterility
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stiffness
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stodginess
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stuffiness
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stupidity
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superficiality
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tabula rasa
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tastelessness
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tediousness
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the absurd
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thinness
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thoughtfreeness
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thoughtlessness
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tranquillity
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triflingness
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triteness
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triviality
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trivialness
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unacquaintance
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unfamiliarity
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unintelligence
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uninterestingness
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unknowing
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unknowingness
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unproductiveness
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unprofitableness
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unripeness
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unsavoriness
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uselessness
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vacancy
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void
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wackiness
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weakness
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weirdness
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wishy-washiness
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witlessness
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woodenness
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worthlessness
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zaniness
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zanyism
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