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searedness

searedness noun: the state of being seared or callous; insensibility.

Noun

searedness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being seared or callous; insensibility.
    • He wonders at my extreme prodigality of credit, and searedness of conscience, in citing an epistle so convicted by Bellarmine!1620, Joseph Hall, The Honour of the Married Clergy

Origin of searedness

From seared + -ness.

Questions about searedness

What does searedness mean?
Searedness means the state of being seared or callous; insensibility.
What part of speech is searedness?
Searedness is a noun.

Words near searedness in the dictionary

  1. searcloths
  2. Searcy
  3. Searcy County
  4. Searcys
  5. seared
  6. searedness
  7. searer
  8. searers
  9. searest
  10. seareth
  11. Searfoss

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