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Synonyms for denseness
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : dens |
Phonetic Transcription : dɛns |
Top 10 synonyms for denseness
- benightedness
- brainlessness
- concentration
- concretion
- consistency
- crowdedness
- crudeness
- darkness
- denseness
- density
- disregard
- doltishness
- dopiness
- dumbness
- empty-headedness
- fog
- foolishness
- half-knowledge
- heaviness
- heftiness
- illiteracy
- illiterateness
- impenetrability
- incapacity
- incomprehension
- innocence
- inscience
- inscrutability
- insensitivity
- lack of education
- mass
- massiveness
- mental incapacity
- mindlessness
- naiveté
- nescience
- oblivion
- obliviousness
- obtuseness
- philistinism
- ponderosity
- ponderousness
- privacy
- rawness
- sciolism
- seclusion
- secrecy
- shallowness
- simpleness
- simplicity
- slow-wittedness
- slowness
- solidity
- solidness
- stupidness
- substantiality
- thickness
- tightness
- unawareness
- unconsciousness
- uncouthness
- unenlightenment
- unfamiliarity
- unscholarliness
- vagueness
- weight
- weightiness
Définition of denseness
Origin :- early 15c., from Middle French dense and directly from Latin densus "thick, crowded; cloudy," perhaps from PIE root *dens- "dense, thick" (cf. Greek dasus "hairy, shaggy"). Sense of "stupid" is first recorded 1822.
- As in heaviness : noun burden
- As in compactness : noun thickness
- As in dumbness : noun stupidity
- As in heftiness : noun heaviness
- As in illiteracy : noun ignorance
- As in illiterateness : noun ignorance
- As in massiveness : noun heaviness
- As in nescience : noun ignorance
- As in obliviousness : noun ignorance
- As in ponderosity : noun heaviness
- As in ponderousness : noun heaviness
- As in unawareness : noun ignorance
- As in unconsciousness : noun ignorance
- As in unfamiliarity : noun ignorance
- As in dark : noun ignorance; mystery
- As in darkness : noun ignorance; mystery
- As in density : noun bulk, mass
- As in ignorance : noun unintelligence, inexperience
- Darkness of smoke, denseness of forest growth, treachery of swampy soil!
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- But the denseness of the throng held her fixed even while revolvers flashed.
- Extract from : « A Texas Ranger » by William MacLeod Raine
- There is a kind of opinionativeness and denseness that offend.
- Extract from : « The Quest » by Frederik van Eeden
- But whether vino, or denseness on his part, she was sure of the veritas.
- Extract from : « Nothing But the Truth » by Frederic S. Isham
- Here and there a yellow light struggled to pierce the denseness of the gloom.
- Extract from : « The Secret Mark » by Roy J. Snell
- Babbie should have been grateful to his denseness, but it merely set her mind at rest.
- Extract from : « The Little Minister » by J. M. Barrie
- Denseness, at all events, was not among her failings—when she kept calm.
- Extract from : « A Bride from the Bush » by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
- Such is the enormity of our sin, and the denseness of our ignorance when we shut God out of our business affairs.
- Extract from : « What and Where is God? » by Richard La Rue Swain
- His denseness irritated Blinky slightly, with the result that the right side of his face again underwent an alarming convulsion.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Around them stretched the forests, all shadow and denseness and gloom and loneliness and mystery.
- Extract from : « The Tour » by Louis Couperus
Antonyms for denseness
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