unseemliness
unseemliness noun: the state of being unseemly.
Noun
unseemliness (countable and uncountable, plural unseemlinesses)
- The state of being unseemly.
- Indeed, on several occasions, the Bishop of Lincoln was forced to upbraid both abbess and nuns for unseemliness in dress and behaviour.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 174
- Synonyms:
- immorality, indecency, unvirtuousness, dishonour, improbity, impropriety, undecency, ungodliness, unhonour, unprobity
- Antonyms:
- seemliness
Synonyms of unseemliness
- immorality
- indecency
- unvirtuousness
- dishonour
- improbity
- impropriety
- ungodliness
- unhonour
- unprobity
- unpropriety
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Forms of unseemliness
| plural | unseemlinesses |
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Origin of unseemliness
From unseemly + -ness.
Questions about unseemliness
- What does unseemliness mean?
- Unseemliness means the state of being unseemly.
- What part of speech is unseemliness?
- Unseemliness is a noun.
- What is the plural of unseemliness?
- The plural of unseemliness is unseemlinesses.
Words near unseemliness in the dictionary
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