- lubberliness
- noun see lubber
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
lubberliness
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lubberliness — lub·ber·li·ness … English syllables
lubberliness — ˈləbə(r)lēnə̇s, lin noun ( es) : the quality or state of being lubberly … Useful english dictionary
lubberly — lubberliness, n. /lub euhr lee/, adj. 1. of or resembling a lubber. adv. 2. in a lubberly manner. [1565 75; LUBBER + LY] * * * … Universalium
lubber — noun Etymology: Middle English lobre, lobur Date: 14th century 1. a big clumsy fellow 2. a clumsy seaman • lubberliness noun • lubberly adjective or adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
inelegance — Synonyms and related words: Babbittry, awkwardness, bad taste, boorishness, bourgeois taste, bumblingness, cacophony, camp, campiness, clownishness, clumsiness, cumbersomeness, defacement, disfigurement, dysphemism, gawkiness, gawkishness,… … Moby Thesaurus
ponderousness — Synonyms and related words: Gothicism, aridity, avoirdupois, awkwardness, bad taste, barbarism, barbarousness, barrenness, beef, beefiness, bloodlessness, bombasticness, boorishness, bulkiness, bumblingness, cacology, cacophony, characterlessness … Moby Thesaurus
unmanageability — Synonyms and related words: awkwardness, boorishness, bulkiness, bumblingness, clownishness, clumsiness, contumaciousness, contumacy, cumbersomeness, defiance, fractiousness, gawkiness, gawkishness, gracelessness, ham handedness, handful of… … Moby Thesaurus
churlishness — n 1. rusticity, ruralism, agrarianism; pastoralism, pastorality, bucolicism; inurbanity, back woodsiness, provincialism, provinciality, yokelism, Sl. hickishness; hominess, homeliness, homishness, Inf. folksiness. 2. boorishness, loutishness,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
grossness — n 1., completeness, totality, absoluteness, unqualifiedness, unmitigatedness; rankness, sheerness, arrantness, outrightness, downrightness. 2. flagrancy, blatancy, glaringness, obviousness, manifestness, plainness; outrageousness, reprehen… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
lubberly — /ˈlʌbəli/ (say lubuhlee) adjective 1. like or of a lubber. –adverb 2. in a lubberly manner. –lubberliness, noun …
