Antonyms for shallowness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : shal-oh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃæl oʊ

Definition of shallowness

Origin : c.1400, schalowe "not deep," probably from or related to Old English sceald (see shoal (n.)). Of breathing, attested from 1875; of thought or feeling, "superficial," first recorded 1580s. The noun, usually shallows, is first recorded 1570s, from the adjective.

As in stupidity : noun dullness of mind
As in thinness : noun slenderness
As in illiteracy : noun ignorance
As in illiterateness : noun ignorance
As in nescience : noun ignorance
As in obliviousness : noun ignorance
As in unawareness : noun ignorance
As in unconsciousness : noun ignorance
As in unfamiliarity : noun ignorance
As in commonplace : noun clichéd saying or idea
As in frivolity : noun silliness, childishness
As in ignorance : noun unintelligence, inexperience

Example sentences :

Their freshness soon withered, on account of the shallowness of the earth.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

All that I have seen of life only shows the shallowness of what is called the public service.
Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever

Shallowness has this advantage, that you can't be drowned there.'
Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy

And here the depth or shallowness of our theology will be sure to tell.
Extract from : « The Preacher and His Models » by James Stalker

She felt a sort of bitter shame over her own shallowness of feeling.
Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

Many instances might be given of the shallowness of the Indian's mind.
Extract from : « India and the Indians » by Edward F. Elwin

The barges in which we now embarked were very small, owning to the shallowness of the river.
Extract from : « Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton » by John Barrow

The shallowness and simplicity of the girl baffled her continually.
Extract from : « That Lass O' Lowrie's » by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The narrowing of religion saved it from the shallowness of heathenism.
Extract from : « The World's Progress, Vol. I (of X) » by Various

Owing to the shallowness of the water the British attacked in small boats.
Extract from : « Sixty Years a Queen » by Sir Herbert Maxwell

Synonyms for shallowness

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