thinness
thinness noun: the state or quality of being thin.
Noun
thinness (usually uncountable, plural thinnesses)
- The state or quality of being thin.
- The beautiful prismatic colours seen on the Labrodore stone are owing to a similar cause, viz. the thinness of the laminæ of which it consists […].1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 120
- Beyond celebrating the aesthetic value of thinness, pro-anas claim that thinness is a reflection of excellence in other areas of one's life.2004 October 27, Eda R. Uca, Ana's Girls: The Essential Guide to the Underground Eating Disorder Community Online, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 69
thinness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
thinness in Hindi
- the state of being thin
- पतलापन patlāpan, दुबलापन dublāpan
thinness in Tamil
- thinness
- உச்சட்டை uccaṭṭai
- thinness, leanness
- நலி nali
- thinness, slenderness
- ஒல்லி olli
thinness in Urdu
- thinness, slenderness, finesse
- نزاکت nazākat
thinness in Bengali
- thinness, slenderness, minuteness
- তনিমা tonima
More languagesFewer languages
- thinness in Telugu
- పలుచన palucana, పలుచదనము palucadanamu, సన్నతనము sannatanamu, సన్నము sannamu
- thinness in Malayalam
- നേർമ nēṟma
- thinness in Kannada
- ಅಸಿ asi
- thinness in Arabic
- رِقَّة riqqa
Antonyms of thinness
Forms of thinness
| plural | thinnesses |
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Origin of thinness
From Middle English thynnesse, from Old English þynnes (“thinness, slightness of density, lack of density, tenuity, fluidity, poverty, feebleness of sight, weakness”), equivalent to thin + -ness.
Questions about thinness
- What does thinness mean?
- Thinness means the state or quality of being thin.
- What is thinness in Hindi?
- Thinness in Hindi is पतलापन (patlāpan), दुबलापन (dublāpan). See Thinness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is thinness?
- Thinness is a noun.
- What is the plural of thinness?
- The plural of thinness is thinnesses.
Words near thinness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: thinness (page history and authors); உச்சட்டை (Tamil) (page history and authors); نزاکت (Urdu) (page history and authors); তনিমা (Bengali) (page history and authors); జంపు (Telugu) (page history and authors); നേർമ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಅಸಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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