wasteness
UK/ˈweɪstnəs/
wasteness noun: the state of being laid waste; desolation.
Noun
wasteness (countable and uncountable, plural wastenesses)
- The state of being laid waste; desolation.
- That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Zephaniah 1:15
- The state of being uncultivated; wild, barren.
- Under her rays, the ground over which we passed assumed a more interesting appearance than during the broad day-light, which discovered the extent of its wasteness.1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter I, in Rob Roy. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst...
- […] I cannot find words to express the intense pleasure I have always in first finding myself, after some prolonged stay in England, at the foot of the old tower of Calais church. The large neglect, the noble unsightliness of it; the record of its years written so visibly, yet without sign of...1856, John Ruskin, “Of Mountain Beauty”, in Modern Painters […], volume IV, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, , § 2
- A wilderness.
- She of nought affrayd, / Through woods and wastnesse wide him daily sought1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
wasteness meaning in Bengali
wasteness in Bengali
- ধ্বংস হওয়ার অবস্থা, জনশূন্যতা, অনাবাদী থাকার অবস্থা, বন্য, বন্ধ্যা, একটি মরুভূমি
Forms of wasteness
| plural | wastenesses |
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Origin of wasteness
From Middle English wastnesse; equivalent to waste + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian woestens (“wildness, savagery, fierceness”), Dutch woestenis (“wasteland”), German Wüstnis (“desert, wasteland”).
Questions about wasteness
- What does wasteness mean?
- Wasteness means the state of being laid waste; desolation.
- What is wasteness in Bengali?
- Wasteness in Bengali is ধ্বংস হওয়ার অবস্থা, জনশূন্যতা, অনাবাদী থাকার অবস্থা. See Wasteness meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is wasteness?
- Wasteness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce wasteness?
- Wasteness is pronounced /ˈweɪstnəs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of wasteness?
- The plural of wasteness is wastenesses.
Words near wasteness in the dictionary
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