Antonyms for youthfulness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : yooth-fuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈyuθ fəl


Definition of youthfulness

Origin :
  • 1560s, from youth + -ful. Related: Youthfulness.
  • As in prime : noun beginning; spring
  • As in puberty : noun young adulthood
  • As in youth : noun early period in life of animate being
  • As in immaturity : noun childhood
  • As in minority : noun the time before one is of legal age
  • As in greenness : noun youth
  • As in juvenescence : noun youth
  • As in juvenility : noun youth
  • As in adolescence : noun state of puberty, preadulthood
Example sentences :
  • I must say again that I heartily admire your gallantry and youthfulness.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • Somehow that accusation of youthfulness was the spur that drove Patricia to victory.
  • Extract from : « Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge » by Pemberton Ginther
  • But it is doubtful if in his youthfulness it affected him more than a novelty.
  • Extract from : « A Waif of the Plains » by Bret Harte
  • But there was a sort of freshness and naivete and youthfulness about her which made him use that adjective.
  • Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall
  • Her prettiness is of the prettiest kind—that of which the chief character is youthfulness.
  • Extract from : « Our Village » by Mary Russell Mitford
  • No, the morning light had touched their foreheads: the youthfulness was in them.
  • Extract from : « Four Americans » by Henry A. Beers
  • There's a youthfulness and freshness about her, which render her doubly attractive.'
  • Extract from : « City Crimes » by Greenhorn
  • She related others, and that with a renewal of grace, youthfulness, and wit.
  • Extract from : « Sentimental Education, Volume II » by Gustave Flaubert
  • Miss Gardner only smiled encouragingly at her youthfulness. '
  • Extract from : « Heartsease » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • But it is in the music-hall, as I have said, that I am most impressed with the youthfulness of man.
  • Extract from : « The Angel and the Author - and Others » by Jerome K. Jerome

Synonyms for youthfulness

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