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Definition: Emptiness |
EmptinessNoun1. The state of containing nothing. 2. Having an empty stomach. 3. An empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space". 4. The quality of being valueless or futile; "he rejected the vanities of the world". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "emptiness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Note: Emptiness \Emp"ti*ness\, noun. [From Empty.]. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Shunyata (Sanskrit, Sunyata Pali,: lit. Voidness, Emptiness) is a concept associated with Nagarjuna and the Madhyamika but has deeper roots in the tenet of Anatta (not-self) and Paticcasamuppada (Dependent Arising). It signifies the nonsubstantiality or lack of original nature of everything one encounters in life. Everything is inter-related and therefore not self-sufficient or independent; nothing has an independent reality.The scholar Walpola Rahula explains that once Ananda the attendant asked Gautama Buddha, "People say the word Sunya. What is Sunya?" The Buddha replied, "Ananda, there is no self, nor anything pertaining to self in this world. Therefore, the world is empty." This idea influenced Nagarjuna's philosophy when he wrote the text, Madhyamika Karika. Related to the concept of Sunyata is the notion of the store-consciousness in Mahayana Buddhism which has its seed in the Theravada texts. The Mahayana philosophers have developed it into a deep psychology and philosophy.
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- Atman in Sunyata and the Sunyata of Atman An attempt to reconcile the alleged difference between Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta on the nature of the Self.
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Synonyms: EmptinessSynonyms: vacancy (n), vanity (n), void (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: fullness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Absence | Emptiness; Adjective: void, vacuum; vacuity, vacancy; tabula rasa; exemption; hiatus; (interval); lipotype. |
Insufficiency | Emptiness, poorness; Adjective:; depletion, vacancy, flaccidity; ebb tide; low water; " a beggarly account of empty boxes "; indigence; insolvency; (nonpayment). |
Undueness | Falseness; invalidity of title; illegitimacy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Emptiness |
| English words defined with "emptiness": blankness ♦ Insatisfaction ♦ vacancy, void. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "emptiness": Dorito Syndrome ♦ FULL OF EMPTINESS ♦ Straw. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "emptiness": inanition. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable is each other (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;) Bogey's party is an pathetic excuse for all the idiots in our school to drink beer and rub up against each other in hopes of distracting themselves from the emptiness of their meaningless (10 Things I Hate About You; writing credit: Karen McCullah Lutz; Kirsten Smith) It's the emptiness that's left (Unendliche Geschichte, Die; writing credit: Michael Ende; Wolfgang Petersen) Yes, a uh, a profound sense of fatigue a feeling of emptiness followed (Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb; writing credit: Peter George; Stanley Kubrick) Were you to break me Viconia, you might find nothing but the chill emptiness of the grave within (Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn; writing credit: Verónica Suárez) | |
Lyrics | In a room full of emptiness (Like A Stone; performing artist: AUDIOSLAVE) Loneliness up ahead, emptiness behind (From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart; performing artist: Britney Spears) And tried to reach beyond the emptiness (Same Old Lang Syne; performing artist: Dan Fogelberg) Still there was sorrow and emptiness (Taking You Home; performing artist: Don Henley) With emptiness all around (Are You Lonesome Tonight?; performing artist: Elvis Presley) | |
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| "Pote" by Wanner Cavagnolle Commentary: "Emptiness pot." |
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Edward Blishen | Education is not a discipline at all. Half vocational, half an emptiness dressed up in garments borrowed from philosophy, psychology, literature. |
Hosea Ballou | Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which the sap is stagnant remains fruitless. |
Rupert Brooke | All the little emptiness of love! |
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Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | At one time, owing to the emptiness of my purse, I saw none of it for more than a month |
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Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | We do not intend to live in the midst of abundance, isolated from neighbors and nature, confined by blighted cities and bleak suburbs, stunted by a poverty of learning and an emptiness of leisure. |
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| "Emptiness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Emptiness" is used about 320 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 320 | 16,119 |
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Expression using "emptiness": emptiness and void. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "emptiness": emptiness-that-was-not. | |
Ending with "emptiness": non-emptiness. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
emptiness | 18 |
emptiness shunyata | 9 |
emptiness katatonia viva | 4 |
buddhism emptiness | 3 |
buddhism emptiness tibetan | 3 |
emptiness father | 3 |
emptiness motorcycle | 2 |
emptiness poem | 2 |
emptiness viva | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "emptiness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zbrazëti (gap, hiatus, inanimation, vacuity, vacuum, void), zbrazësi, boshllëk (blank, clearance, gap, hiatus, Lacuna, space, vac, vacancy, void, white). (various references) | |
Arabic | فراغ (air, blank, completion, finishing, free time, gap, idleness, inane, inanity, leisure, nothingness, space, spare time, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, void), حماقة (blindness, brainlessness, brutishness, crap, doltishness, dumbness, fatuity, fatuousness, fat-wittedness, feeblemindedness, folly, foolery, gaffe, hankey-pankey, hanky panky, idiocy, imbecility, insanity, nonsense, rot, silliness, stupidity, thick-wittedness, tomfoolery, unwisdom, weak-mindedness), تجرد (impartiality, nakedness, peel), خلاء, جوع (hunger, inanition, starvation). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | пустота (bleakness, inanity, vacuity, vanity), празнота (blankness, chasm, idleness, sketchiness, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, vanity, void). (various references) | |
Chinese | 空虚, 空虛 . (various references) | |
Czech | prázdnota (vacancy, vacuity, void). (various references) | |
Dutch | leegte, leegheid. (various references) | |
Esperanto | malpleneco. (various references) | |
Finnish | tyhjyys (blank, void). (various references) | |
French | vide (emptied, empty, empty space), vanité, vacuum (emptily), vacuité, désert, creux. (various references) | |
Frisian | leechte. (various references) | |
German | leere (bareness, blank, blankness, emptily, inaneness, vacancy, vacantness, vacuity, vacuously, vacuousness, void). (various references) | |
Greek | κενότησ (inanition, vacancy, vacantness, vacuousness, voidness), κενότητα (inanition, vacancy, vacantness, vacuity, vacuousness, voidness). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תוהו ובוהו (chaos, pandemonium, topsy turvy), שוממות (desolation), חלל ריק (vacancy, vacuum), הבל (blether, futility, steam, vanity, vapor, vapour), בוקה (desolation), בהו (chaos, confusion, void), ריקות (vac, vacancy, vacuity), ריקנות (blank, vanity), ריק (blank, empty, vacant, vacuity, vacuum, vain, vanity, void), סרק (barren, barrenness, futile, ineffectual), נביבות (hollowness). (various references) | |
Hungarian | üresség (blankness, cavity, hollowness, platitude, vacancy, vacuity), űr (blank, chasm, gap, space, vacancy). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kelapangan (ease, feel relieved, leisure, vacuity), kekosongan (blank, blankness, vacuity, vacuum), kehampaan. (various references) | |
Italian | vuoto (bare, blank, blankness, devoid, empty, empty space, frothily, frothy, gap, hollow, shallow, space, vacancy, vacant, vacuous, vacuum, vide, void), vuotaggine (emptily, vacuum, void). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 空虚 (vacancy), 空き (room, time to spare, vacant), 空 (sky), がらがら蛇 (deserted, empty, garbage, hollowness, jumble, odds and ends, pickled ginger, rattlesnake, sliced shouga prepared in vinegar served with sushi, to be deserted, to be empty, void), 明き (room, time to spare, vacant), 中空 (hollow, mid-air, the air). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すき (chance or opportunity, chink, elegant pursuits, fondness, gap, interval, liking, love, plough, refined taste, room, spade, time to spare, vacant), がらんどう (hollowness, void), くうきょ (vacancy), から (chaff, hull, husk, shell), あき (autumn, fall, former name of Hiroshima prefecture, room, time to spare, tiresomeness, vacant, weariness), ちゅうくう (hollow, mid-air, the air). (various references) | |
Manx | meehaitnys (disagreeableness, dislike, displeasure, repugnance, unacceptability, unattractiveness, unenjoyment), folmid (bareness, blank, blankness, flatness, hollowness, inanity, shallowness, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, void, void useless). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | emptinessay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vazio (addle, bare, blank, blankness, chasm, claptrap, concave, empty, hollow, inane, unoccupied, vacuity, vacuous, vacuum, vain, void), vácuo (chasm, empty, gap, vacancy, vacuum, void). (various references) | |
Romanian | spaţiu gol (blank, blank space, vacancy, void, void space), nulitate (cipher, dud, nobody, nonentity, nullity, scamp), goliciune (bareness, barrenness, nakedness, nudity). (various references) | |
Russian | пустота (frivolity, frothiness, hollow, inanity, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, vapidity, void). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | praznina (blank, blankness, hiatus, inanition, inanity, lacuna, vacancy, vacuum, void). (various references) | |
Spanish | vacío (bare, blank, devoid, dummy, empty, gap, hiatus, hollow, light, vacant, vacuous, vacuum, vast, void). (various references) | |
Swedish | tomhet (bareness, blankness, emptyness, inanition, inanity, vacuity, vanity, void). (various references) | |
Turkish | boxluk (room, space, vacuum), boşluk (abysm, abyss, antrum, backlash, blank, blankness, cavity, chamber, chasm, clear, clearance, daylight, desideratum, gap, gulf, hiatus, hole, hollow, hollowness, idleness, inanition, Lacuna, nothingness, nullity, separation, sinus, slack, slackness, space, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, void, voidness). (various references) | |
Turkmen | boюluk. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | марність (futility, needlessness, nugacity, otiosity), беззмістовність (inanity, insignificance, vacuity, windiness), пустота (baldness, blank, frothiness, nothing, vacuity, void). (various references) | |
Welsh | gwagedd (vanity), gwacter (vacuity), coegedd (silliness), adfant (sad, vain). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | inanitatem, infrequentia, vanitas, vanitate, vanitatem, vanitates, vanitati, vanitatibus, vanitatis, vanitatum. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 34, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai katoikhsousin en auth ornea kai ecinoi kai ibeiV kai korakeV kai epiblhqhsetai ep' authn spartion gewmetriaV erhmou kai onokentauroi oikhsousin en auth |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et possidebunt illam onocrotalus et ericius et ibis et corvus habitabunt in ea et extendetur super eam mensura ut redigatur ad nihilum et perpendiculum in desolationem |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And welden shul it the foul in face lic an asse, and the irchoun; and the snyte, and the crowe dwelle shul in it; and strayt out vp on it shal ben a mesure, that it be broyt to noyt, and `a lyne euene doun piyt in to desolacioun. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But the birds of the waste land will have their place there; it will be a heritage for the bittern and the raven: and it will be measured out with line and weight as a waste land. |
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| Language | Isaiah Chapter 34, Verse 11 |
| Cebuano | Apan ang tulabong ug ang heriso magapanag-iya niini; ug ang ngiw-ngiw ug ang uwak magapuyo niini: ug iyang pagatuy-oron sa ibabaw niini ang pisi sa kasamok, ug ang tonton sa pagkawalay sulod. |
| Croatian | Zaposjest æe je jež i èaplja, sova i gavran prebivat æe u njoj. Rastegnut æe nad njom uže pustoši i visak praznine. |
| Danish | Pelikan og Rørdrum arver det, Ugle og Ravn skal bo der. HERREN spænder Tomheds Snor og Ødelæggelses Blylod derover. |
| Dutch | Maar de roerdomp en de nachtuil zullen het erfelijk bezitten, en de schuifuit, en de raaf zal daarin wonen; want Hij zal een richtsnoer der woestigheid over hen trekken, en een richtlood der ledigheid. |
| Finnish | Sen perivät pelikaanit ja tuonenkurjet, kissapöllöt ja kaarneet asuvat siellä; ja hän vetää sen ylitse autiuden mittanuoran ja tyhjyyden luotilangan. |
| French | Le pélican et le hérisson la posséderont, La chouette et le corbeau l`habiteront. On y étendra le cordeau de la désolation, Et le niveau de la destruction. |
| German | sondern Rohrdommeln und Igel werden's innehaben, Nachteulen und Raben werden daselbst wohnen. Denn er wird eine Meßschnur darüber ziehen, daß es wüst werde, und ein Richtblei, daß es öde sei, |
| Haitian Creole | Se la koukou ak frize pral fè nich yo. Se la kaou ak malfini pral rete. Seyè a pral fè l' tounen yon dezè san anyen ladan li. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Burung undan dan landak akan mendiaminya, burung hantu dan gagak akan tinggal di sana. TUHAN menjadikan tanah itu kacau dan kosong seperti sebelum penciptaan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Melainkan ia itu menjadi bahagian pusaka burung undan dan landak, maka burung hantu dan gagak akan diam dalamnya, karena diregangkannya kelak tali sipat kebinasaan di atasnya dan unting-unting kesunyian. |
| Italian | Ne prenderanno possesso il pellicano e il riccio, il gufo e il corvo vi faranno dimora. Il Signore stenderà su di essa la corda della solitudine e la livella del vuoto. |
| Maori | Ka riro ano a reira hei kainga mo te kawau, mo te matuku; ka noho ano te ruru raua ko te raweni ki reira, ka whakamarokia ano hoki e ia te taura o te pororaru ki runga, me te kohatu whakatika o te kore noa iho. |
| Norwegian | Pelikan og pinnsvin skal eie det, og hubro og ravn skal bo i det, og han skal utspenne over det ødeleggelsens målesnor og tilintetgjørelsens lodd. |
| Portuguese | Mas o pelicano e o ouriço a possuirão; a coruja e o corvo nela habitarão; e ele estenderá sobre ela o cordel de confusão e o prumo de vaidade. |
| Rumanian | Ci pelicanul wi ariciul kl vor stqpkni, bufniya wi corbul kl vor locui. Se va kntinde peste el funia pustiirii, wi cumpqna nimicirii. |
| Russian | Й ЪБЧМБДЕАФ ЕА РЕМЙЛБО Й ЕЦ; Й ЖЙМЙО Й ЧПТПО РПУЕМСФУС Ч ОЕК; Й РТПФСОХФ РП ОЕК ЧЕТЧШ ТБЪПТЕОЙС Й ПФЧЕУ ХОЙЮФПЦЕОЙС. |
| Spanish | La poseerán el búho y el erizo; la lechuza y el cuervo habitarán en ella. Sobre ella se extenderán el cordel del caos y la plomada del vacío. |
| Swedish | Pelikaner och rördrommar skola taga det i besittning, uvar och korpar skola bo däri; ty förödelsens mätsnöre* och förstörelsens murlod skall han låta komma däröver. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "emptiness": emptinesses. (additional references) | |
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"Emptiness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: emetines, Emplins, emptieness, emptyness. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "emptiness" (pronounced e"mptēnus or e"mtēnus) |
| 5 | -t ē n u s | nastiness, pettiness, scantiness, tastiness. |
| 4 | -ē n u s | airworthiness, arbitrariness, bagginess, cleanliness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, contrariness, coziness, craziness, creditworthiness, creepiness, deadliness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, edginess, friendliness, frothiness, funniness, ghastliness, hairiness, happiness, holiness, laziness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, nosiness, orderliness, queasiness, raciness, readiness, riskiness, roominess, rowdiness, shakiness, silliness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, solitariness, steadiness, stinginess, sturdiness, tardiness, timeliness, trustworthiness, ugliness, uneasiness, unhappiness, unwieldiness, wariness, weariness, wimpiness, worldliness, worthiness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, Conus, coolness, correctness, creativeness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, effectiveness, elusiveness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, fullness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, handedness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, quickness, quietness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, robustness, roughness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tartness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, truthfulness, unconsciousness, unfairness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, wryness. |
| 5 | -t ē n u s | nastiness, pettiness, scantiness, tastiness. |
| 4 | -ē n u s | airworthiness, arbitrariness, bagginess, cleanliness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, contrariness, coziness, craziness, creditworthiness, creepiness, deadliness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, edginess, friendliness, frothiness, funniness, ghastliness, hairiness, happiness, holiness, laziness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, nosiness, orderliness, queasiness, raciness, readiness, riskiness, roominess, rowdiness, shakiness, silliness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, solitariness, steadiness, stinginess, sturdiness, tardiness, timeliness, trustworthiness, ugliness, uneasiness, unhappiness, unwieldiness, wariness, weariness, wimpiness, worldliness, worthiness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, Conus, coolness, correctness, creativeness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, effectiveness, elusiveness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, fullness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, handedness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, quickness, quietness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, robustness, roughness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tartness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, truthfulness, unconsciousness, unfairness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-m-n-p-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: misspent, septimes. | |
-2 letters: emetins, empties, emptins, insteps, metisse, mispens, missent, misstep, nemesis, penises, septime, sestine, siemens, spinets. | |
-3 letters: emesis, emetin, espies, insets, instep, menses, mesnes, mispen, misset, peises, pistes, pitmen, seines, semens, smites, snipes, speise, spense, spines, spinet, spites, steeps, steins, stimes, stipes, tenses, tmeses, tmesis. | |
-4 letters: emits, inept, inset, items, meets, mense, mesne. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-m-n-p-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: presentism. | |
+2 letters: despisement, dissepiment, emptinesses, impatienses, impressment, premoistens, presentisms. | |
+3 letters: despisements, despoilments, dissepiments, impersonates, impoliteness, impressments, misrepresent. | |
+4 letters: appraisements, displacements, empoisonments, imperfectness, impetuousness, mifepristones, misinterprets, misplacements, misrepresents, passementerie, pedestrianism, planetesimals, presentiments, pretermission, primitiveness, promotiveness, proximateness, splenectomies, superminister, temporariness. | |
+5 letters: compatibleness, disparagements, imperativeness, implicitnesses, impolitenesses, incompleteness, misemployments, misperceptions, misrepresented, passementeries, pedestrianisms, peremptoriness, perfectionisms, phenomenalists, pretermissions, pseudonymities, replenishments, sempiternities, splenectomizes, sportfishermen, superministers, treponematosis. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Digital Art 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Speeches 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Translations: Ancient 15. Bible Trace 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Bibliography |
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