Antonyms for staleness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : steyl

Phonetic Transcription : steɪl

Definition of staleness

Origin : c.1300, "freed from dregs or lees" (of ale, wine, etc.), i.e. "having stood long enough to clear," cognate with Middle Dutch stel "stale" (of beer), and probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic base *sta- "stand," the source of Old English standan "to stand," Perhaps via Old French estaler "halt," from Frankish *stal- "position" (see stall (n.1)). The meaning "not fresh" is first recorded late 15c. Figurative sense (of immaterial things) is recorded from 1560s. Related: Staleness.

As in dullness : noun quality of being boring
As in innocuousness : noun insipidity
As in insipidity : noun dullness
As in insipidness : noun insipidity
As in jejuneness : noun dullness
As in lifelessness : noun dullness
As in sterileness : noun dullness
As in stodginess : noun dullness
As in vapidity : noun dullness
As in vapidity : noun insipidity
As in vapidness : noun dullness
As in vapidness : noun insipidity
As in washiness : noun insipidity
As in wateriness : noun insipidity

Example sentences :

The oddest mixture of staleness and of freshness is to be found there.
Extract from : « My Contemporaries In Fiction » by David Christie Murray

Kwel smell of staleness, of sourness, above all of coldness!
Extract from : « The Day of the Boomer Dukes » by Frederik Pohl

The post-office was thick with staleness that held its own, though chilled.
Extract from : « Child and Country » by Will Levington Comfort

He, too, who had admonished her rather sneeringly for staleness in her information.
Extract from : « Diana of the Crossways, Complete » by George Meredith

Was Government admitting there was nothing but staleness in the present?
Extract from : « DP » by Arthur Dekker Savage

A demonstration of the staleness of our bread and the absence of potatoes in the soup.
Extract from : « Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist » by Alexander Berkman

Soon afterwards it was obvious that the cause of the whole thing was staleness.
Extract from : « The Happy Golfer » by Henry Leach

Now here are the common symptoms and the results of staleness.
Extract from : « The Happy Golfer » by Henry Leach

We have seen the advice given to play through a period of staleness.
Extract from : « The Happy Golfer » by Henry Leach

But Watson cared not for its staleness if it might promote the game.
Extract from : « Gideon's Band » by George W. Cable

Synonyms for staleness

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