Antonyms for jejuneness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ji-joon
Phonetic Transcription : dʒɪˈdʒun


Definition of jejuneness

Origin :
  • 1610s, "dull in the mind, flat, insipid," from Latin ieiunus "empty, dry, barren," literally "fasting, hungry," of obscure origin.
  • noun dullness
Example sentences :
  • If a reader new to the classics opened Thucydides, his first impression would probably be one of jejuneness, of baldness.
  • Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
  • And of all these things the insipidity and jejuneness of youth perforce know nothing.
  • Extract from : « Atlantic Classics, Second Series » by Henry C. Merwin
  • He was far more of a scientific musician than Gluck, and his scores have nothing of his master's jejuneness.
  • Extract from : « The Opera » by R.A. Streatfeild

Synonyms for jejuneness

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