-ness

state, quality, condition

Usage

  • wilderness

    A wilderness is a heavily forested or mountainous area where humans usually don't live.

  • bumpiness

    the state of being bumpy

  • cheerfulness

    Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity.

  • cloudiness

    The state of being cloudy.

  • garishness

    tasteless showiness.

  • goodness

    The quality of being good in any of its various senses; excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as, the goodness of timber, of a soil, of food; goodness of character, of disposition, of conduct, etc.

  • gregariousness

    the quality of being gregarious--having a dislike of being alone

  • happiness

    Good luck; good fortune; prosperity.

  • hardiness

    Capability of endurance.

  • haughtiness

    The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance.

  • iciness

    The state or quality of being icy or very cold; frigidity.

  • mousiness

    state of being quiet or timid

  • pettiness

    The quality or state of being petty or paltry; littleness; meanness.

  • wistfulness

    state or condition of wishful longing for something from the past

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