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Definition: NEEDINESS |
NEEDINESSNoun1. The state or quality of being needy; want; poverty; indigence. |
Date "NEEDINESS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1886. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Poverty | Noun: poverty, indigence, penury, pauperism, destitution, want; need, neediness; lack, necessity, privation, distress, difficulties, wolf at the door. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The air of wealth and repose diffused about them seemed to comfort their neediness. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
neediness | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "NEEDINESS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | فقر (beggar, destitution, impoverish, indigence, lack, need, pauperism, penury, poorness, poverty, ruin, want). (various references) | |
French | indigence (need, needness). (various references) | |
German | bedürftigkeit (indigence). (various references) | |
Greek | ένδεια (destitution, indigence, necessitousness, needfulness, penury, poverty, want), ανάγκη (constraint, necessitousness, necessity, need, occasion, requirement, requisiteness, want). (various references) | |
Hebrew | צרכות (destitution, indigence). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eedinessnay.(various references) | |
Romanian | sãrãcie (baldness, barrenness, dearth, destitution, impecuniosity, indigence, meanness, misery, necessity, poverty, privation, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, sterility, stringency, want), lipsã (absence, blemish, dearth, default, defect, deficiency, demerit, destitution, drawback, failure, fault, gap, hardship, imperfection, lack, minus, mistake, necessity, out, paucity, penury, poverty, privation, scantiness, scarceness, shortage, shortcoming, stinginess, stringency, vice, want). (various references) | |
Spanish | necesidad (desire, hunger, necessity, need, pinch, poverty, requirement, starvation, straits, want), pobreza (indigence, penury, poorness, poverty, shabbiness, want). (various references) | |
Swedish | nöd (destitution, distress, necessity, need, want), armod (beggary, destitution, penury, poverty). (various references) | |
Thai | ความจำเป็น. (various references) | |
Turkish | yoksulluk (bareness, calamity, destitution, hardship, misery, need, pauperism, penury, poorness, poverty, privation), yokluk (absence, absentness, dearth, exiguity, failure, famine, hardship, lack, nonappearance, non-appearance, nonexistence, non-existence, nudity, penury, poverty, privation, shortage, Strait, straits, tightness, want), muhtaçlık (need). (various references) | |
Ukranian | нужда (destitution, indigence, necessity, need, privation, want), злидні (beggarhood, beggarliness, beggary, destitution, distress, indigence, misery, need, penury, privation). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cảnh túng thiếu (penury). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "NEEDINESS": needinesses. (additional references) | |
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"NEEDINESS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nerines. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "NEEDINESS" (pronounced 'Need"i*ness'): Abjectedness, Abjectness, Ableness, Abominableness, Abortiveness, Abruptness, Absentness, Absoluteness, Absorptiveness, Abstemiousness, Abstersiveness, Abstractedness, Abstractiveness, Abstractness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Abusiveness, Acceptableness, Accessariness, Accessoriness, Accidentalness, Accommodableness, Accommodateness, Accurateness, Accustomedness, Acidness, Acquaintedness, Acquisitiveness, Acrimoniousness, Activeness, Actualness, Acuteness, Adaptedness, Adaptiveness, Adaptness, Addictedness, Addle-patedness, Adeptness, Adequateness, Adhesiveness, Admirableness, Adorableness, Adroitness, Adultness, Advantageousness, Adventurousness, Adverseness, Advisable-ness, Advisedness, Affableness, Affectedness, Affectionateness, Afflictedness, Affluentness, Affrontiveness, Agedness, Agileness, Agreeableness, Airiness, Alacriousness, Albiness, Alertness, Algidness, Alimentariness, Alimentiveness, Allness, Allowableness, Allusiveness, Almightiness, Aloneness, Aloofness, Alterableness, Alternateness, Alternativeness, Amativeness, Amazedness, Ambidextrousness, Ambiguousness, Ambitiousness, Amenableness, Amiableness, Amicableness, Amorousness, Ampleness, Analogicalness, Ancientness, Angelicalness, Angriness, Angularness, Anileness, Animalness, Animoseness, Anomalousness, Anonymousness, Answerableness, Anticness, Antiquatedness, Antiquateness, Antiqueness, Anxiousness, Apartness, Apertness, Apetalousness, Apishness, Apocryphalness, Apostolicalness, Apparentness, Appellativeness, Apportionateness, Appreciativeness, Apprehensiveness, Approachableness, Approbativeness, Appropriateness, Aptness, Aqueousness, Arbitrariness, Archness, Ardentness, Arduousness, Arguteness, Aridness, Arrogantness, Artfulness, Articulateness, Artificialness, ARTLESSNESS, Associableness, Assuredness, Attainableness, Audaciousness, Audibleness, Augustness, Austereness, Authenticalness, Authenticness, Availableness, Averseness, Awesomeness, Awfulness, Awlessness, Backhandedness, backwardness, Badness, Baldness, Balefulness, Barbarousness, Barefacedness, Bareness, Barrenness, Baseness, Bashfulness, Bawdiness, Beaminess, Beardlessness, Bearishness, Beastliness, Becomingness, Beeriness, Beggarliness, Beholdingness, Beneficialness, Betterness, Bewilderedness, Bewitchedness, Bigness, Biliousness, Bindingness, Bitterness, Blackness, Blamelessness, Blandness, Blankness, Bleareyedness, Blessedness, Blindness, Blitheness, Bloatedness, Blondness, Bloodiness, Bloomingness, Blueness, Bluffness, Bluntness, Bodiliness, Boisterousness, Boldness, Boniness, Bonniness, Boskiness, Boyishness, Brackishness, Branchiness, Brassiness, Braveness, Brawniness, Brazenness, Breathableness, Breathlessness, Breeziness, Brickleness, Briefness, brightness, Brilliantness, Brininess, Brinishness, Briskness, Bristliness, Brittleness, Broadness, Brokenness, Brotelness, Brotherliness, Brownness, Brushiness, Brusqueness, Bruteness, Budgeness, Bugginess, Bulkiness, Bumptiousness, Bunchiness, Burliness, Bushiness, Business, Butcherliness, Calcareousness, Calmness, Candidness, Canniness, Canonicalness, Canorousness, Capableness, Capaciousness, Capillariness, Capitalness, Captiousness, Carefulness, Carelessness, Carnal-mindedness, Casualness, Categoricalness, Catholicness, Causelessness, Causticness, Cautiousness, Cavalierness, Ceremonialness, Ceremoniousness, Certainness, Chalkiness, Championness, Changeableness, Chargeableness, Chariness, Charitableness, Chasteness, Chattiness, Cheapness, Cheatableness, Cheerfulness, Cheeriness, Cheerisness, Cheesiness, Childishness, Childlessness, Childness, Chilliness, Chillness, Choiceness, Chopness, Christianness, Chubbedness, Chuffiness, Churchliness, Churlishness, Circumspectness, Clamminess, Cleanliness, Cleanness, Clearedness, Clearness, Clear-sightedness, Clerkliness, Cleverness, Clogginess, Closeness, Cloudiness, Clownishness, Clumsiness, Coarseness, Cognateness, Coldness, Collateralness, Collectedness, Collectiveness, Combativeness, Combustibleness, Comeliness, Comfortableness, Commensurateness, Commodiousness, Commonness, Commonplaceness, Communicativeness, Commutableness, Compactedness, Compactness, Compassionateness, Compatibleness, Compendiousness, Completeness, Complexedness, Complexness, Complicateness, Comprehensibleness, Comprehensiveness, Compressibleness, Concaveness, Conceitedness, Concentrativeness, Conciseness, Conclusiveness, Concreteness, Concupiscibleness, Concurrentness, Condignness, Conducibleness, Conduciveness, Confidentness, Confirmedness, Conformableness, Confoundedness, Confusedness, Congealedness, Congenialness, Conicalness, Conjointness, Conjunctiveness, Connaturalness, Conscientiousness, Conscionableness, Consciousness, Consecutiveness, Consequentialness, Conservativeness, Considerableness, Consonantness, Constructiveness, Consumptiveness, Contagiousness, Contemplativeness, Contemporariness, Contemptibleness, Contemptuousness, Contingentness, Contractedness, Contractibleness, Contradictoriness, Contrariness, Contriteness, Controllableness, Conversableness, Convertibleness, Convexedness, Convexness, Convincingness, Coolness, Coordinateness, Copiousness, Cordialness, Corkiness, Corporealness, Correctness, Correlativeness, Corrigibleness, Corrosibleness, Corruptness, Costiveness, Costliness, Courageousness, Courteousness, Courtliness, Covertness, Covetiveness, Covetousness, Cowardliness, Coyness, Coziness, Cradgedness, Craftiness, Cragginess, Crankiness, Crankness, Crassness, Crazedness, Craziness, Creaminess, Creativeness, Credibleness. 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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-i-n-n-s-s" | |
-2 letters: indenes. | |
-3 letters: denies, dienes, dieses, indene, seined, seines, seised, sensed, sinned. | |
-4 letters: denes, dense, diene, dines, inned, needs, nenes, nides, nines, seeds, seine, seise, sends, sense, sides, sines, sneds, snide. | |
-5 letters: dees, dene, deni, dens, dies, dine, dins, diss, eide, ends, eses, ides, inns, need, nene, ness, nide, nine, seed, seen, sees, seis, send, sene, side, sine, sins, sned. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-e-i-n-n-s-s" | |
+2 letters: needinesses, snidenesses. | |
+3 letters: ascendencies, definiteness, drivennesses, hiddennesses, indebtedness, mindednesses, resignedness, trendinesses. | |
+4 letters: benightedness, conceitedness, defensiveness, despondencies, differentness, indehiscences, jointednesses, nonresidences, pinheadedness, pointednesses, reconditeness, unreadinesses. | |
+5 letters: debonairnesses, definitenesses, definitiveness, determinedness, disengagements, enduringnesses, fiendishnesses, friendlessness, friendlinesses, inadequateness, incandescences, incredibleness, indebtednesses, indecisiveness, indefiniteness, indelicateness, indirectnesses, indiscreetness, intrepidnesses, maidenlinesses, mindlessnesses, nonresidencies, resignednesses, resplendencies, splendidnesses, unbiasednesses, undeniableness, unsteadinesses, unwieldinesses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 45 45 44 49 4E 45 53 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . . -.. .. -. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01000101 01000101 01000100 01001001 01001110 01000101 01010011 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N E E D I N E S S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0045 0045 0044 0049 004E 0045 0053 0053 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)483939384348395353 |
| 1. Definition 2. Quotations: Fiction 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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