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Antonyms for unobtrusiveness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uhn-uh b-troo-siv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn əbˈtru sɪv |
Definition of unobtrusiveness
Origin :- from un- (1) + obtrusive. Related: Unobtrusively; unobtrusiveness.
- As in modesty : noun shyness
- As in lowliness : noun modesty
- As in self-effacement : noun modesty
- As in humility : noun humbleness, modesty
- It must be the strongest tint in the room, and yet it must have the unobtrusiveness of strength.
- Extract from : « Principles of Home Decoration » by Candace Wheeler
- The freckles were there, too; he saw them in a better light now and decided they were just the right shade of unobtrusiveness.
- Extract from : « Good References » by E. J. Rath
- Thus they must retire even behind the furniture by their unobtrusiveness.
- Extract from : « Principles of Decorative Design » by Christopher Dresser
- Nellie was a good girl, and I think had a sort of quiet respect for Old Fagg's unobtrusiveness.
- Extract from : « The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales » by Bret Harte
- Thorpe's devotion was a thing so complete, so perfect in its unobtrusiveness, that it defeated its own purpose.
- Extract from : « Kildares of Storm » by Eleanor Mercein Kelly
- Nellie was a good girl, and I think had a sort of quiet respect for old Fagg's unobtrusiveness.
- Extract from : « Selected Stories » by Bret Harte
- Nothing has been more remarkable in her beneficent and self-sacrificing career than its unobtrusiveness.
- Extract from : « The Life of Florence Nightingale vol. 1 of 2 » by Edward Tyas Cook
- The buildings of the Tufa Period are easily recognized by the unobtrusiveness of the materials used in their construction.
- Extract from : « Pompeii, Its Life and Art » by August Mau
- In every instance, with an unobtrusiveness all his own, Henry Fair had made her pleasure his business.
- Extract from : « John March, Southerner » by George W. Cable
Synonyms for unobtrusiveness
- abasement
- bashfulness
- celibacy
- chastity
- constraint
- coyness
- decency
- delicacy
- demureness
- diffidence
- discreetness
- docility
- fawning
- humbleness
- humility
- inferiority complex
- inhibition
- innocence
- lack of pretension
- lack of pride
- lowliness
- meekness
- mortification
- nonresistance
- obedience
- obsequiousness
- passiveness
- propriety
- prudery
- purity
- quietness
- reserve
- resignation
- reticence
- self-abasement
- self-abnegation
- self-effacement
- servility
- sheepishness
- shyness
- simplicity
- subjection
- submissiveness
- subservience
- timidity
- timorousness
- unobtrusiveness
- unostentatiousness
- unpretentiousness
- virtue
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