Synonyms for denseness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dens
Phonetic Transcription : dɛns

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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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