Antonyms for earthiness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ur-thee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɜr θi

Definition of earthiness

Origin : 1550s, from earth + -y (2). Figurative sense of "coarse, unrefined" is from 1590s. Related: Earthiness.

As in coarseness : noun rudeness, vulgarity

Example sentences :

She was an Egeria who hovered above him, gently smiling at his earthiness.
Extract from : « The Confounding of Camelia » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

His passion is often impious in its earthiness; his yearning, sacrilege.
Extract from : « Paul Verlaine » by Stefan Zweig

In spite of this earthiness, it still has its fanciful abstractions.
Extract from : « Socialism and Democracy in Europe » by Samuel P. Orth

I do not really care how the naturalists maltreat language, but I do strenuously object to the earthiness of their ideas.
Extract from : « L-bas » by J. K. Huysmans

They divest objects of their earthiness by bold simplifications, and transform reality into dreamland.
Extract from : « The History of Modern Painting, Volume 3 (of 4) » by Richard Muther

She may be mortal woman—bless her—and have made mistakes; but theyre the mistakes of flame; not of earthiness.
Extract from : « Adrienne Toner » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

The spring air in Green River had been full of sweet moisture and earthiness from these steaming meadow-lands.
Extract from : « Jane Field » by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

So to Una there was the world-old shock at the earthiness of love—and the penetrating joy of that earthiness.
Extract from : « The Job » by Sinclair Lewis

Synonyms for earthiness

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