单词 | quality |
释义 | quality (once / 64 pages) nadj The qualities of something are its distinguishing features, and those can be good or bad. The qualities you look for when buying a tightrope might include strength and pliability, but you probably wouldn't want one with a slippery quality. Quality can also be used as a purely positive term: "you're a person of quality," or "you've got a quality operation" are entirely complimentary, meaning you and your operation are superior. There's a joke about how "quality control" in fast food chains assures that whenever you order a burger in a restaurant in that chain — whether you’re in Dallas or Des Moines — the quality is always the same — bad! WORD FAMILYquality: qualities USAGE EXAMPLESAdvocates say affordable, quality child care helps with youth development and enables more parents to hold jobs and attend school. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) But the quality of local debate, at least on this matter, isn’t always what it should be. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) And some of which are almost identical to the originals but lack the comfort and quality. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1n an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare Hypo|Hyper appearance, visual aspect outward or visible aspect of a person or thing attraction, attractivenessthe quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts clarity, clearness, uncloudednessthe quality of clear water opacity, opaquenessthe quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light divisibilitythe quality of being divisible; the capacity to be divided into parts or divided among a number of persons ease, easiness, simpleness, simplicityfreedom from difficulty or hardship or effort difficultness, difficultythe quality of being difficult burnability, combustibility, combustiblenessthe quality of being capable of igniting and burning suitability, suitablenessthe quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose arabilitythe quality of land that is appropriate for cultivation impressivenessthe quality of making a strong or vivid impression on the mind navigabilitythe quality of being suitable for the passage of a ship or aircraft needinessthe quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree distressingness, painfulnessthe quality of being painful piquance, piquancy, piquantnessthe quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting publicitythe quality of being open to public view spinnabilitythe quality of being suitable for spinning or the capability of being spun (used of textile fibers) ineptness, unsuitability, unsuitablenessthe quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose protectivenessthe quality of providing protection naturethe essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized humanity, humanness, manhoodthe quality of being human air, atmosphere, auraa distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing excellencethe quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree ultimatethe finest or most superior quality of its kind characteristica distinguishing quality salability, salablenessthe quality of being salable or marketable changeability, changeablenessthe quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change changelessness, unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingnessthe quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged samenessthe quality of being alike differencethe quality of being unlike or dissimilar certainty, foregone conclusion, sure thingsomething that is certain probabilitythe quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event precariousness, uncertainness, uncertaintybeing unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance factuality, factualnessthe quality of being actual or based on fact counterfactualitythe quality of being contrary to fact corporality, corporeality, materiality, physicalnessthe quality of being physical; consisting of matter immateriality, incorporealitythe quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter particularity, specialnessthe quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance generalitythe quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability simpleness, simplicitythe quality of being simple or uncompounded complexity, complexnessthe quality of being intricate and compounded regularitythe quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate irregularity, unregularitynot characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals mobilitythe quality of moving freely immobilitythe quality of not moving pleasantness, sweetnessthe quality of giving pleasure unpleasantnessthe quality of giving displeasure believability, credibility, crediblenessthe quality of being believable or trustworthy incredibility, incrediblenessthe quality of being incredible logicality, logicalnesscorrect and valid reasoning illogic, illogicality, illogicalness, inconsequenceinvalid or incorrect reasoning naturalnessthe quality of being natural or based on natural principles unnaturalnessthe quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles vertu, virtuartistic quality wholesomenessthe quality of being beneficial and generally good for you morbidity, morbidness, unwholesomenessthe quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you satisfactorinessthe quality of giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement unsatisfactorinessthe quality of being inadequate or unsuitable mundaneness, mundanity, ordinarinessthe quality of being commonplace and ordinary extraordinarinessthe quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered ethnicityan ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties curiousness, foreignness, strangenessthe quality of being alien or not native nativenessthe quality of belonging to or being connected with a certain place or region by virtue of birth or origin originalitythe quality of being new and original (not derived from something else) unoriginalitythe quality of being unoriginal correctness, rightnessconformity to fact or truth incorrectness, wrongnessthe quality of not conforming to fact or truth accuracy, truththe quality of being near to the true value accuracy(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number inaccuracythe quality of being inaccurate and having errors distinctiona distinguishing quality popularitythe quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after unpopularitythe quality of lacking general approval or acceptance lawfulnessthe quality of conforming to law unlawfulnessthe quality of failing to conform to law elegancea refined quality of gracefulness and good taste elegancea quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics) inelegancethe quality of lacking refinement and good taste urbanitythe quality or character of life in a city or town comprehensibility, understandabilitythe quality of comprehensible language or thought expressivenessthe quality of being expressive incomprehensibilitythe quality of being incomprehensible humanenessthe quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals) inhumaneness, inhumanitythe quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others moralityconcern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct immoralitythe quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct amoralitythe quality of being amoral divinitythe quality of being divine holiness, sanctitude, sanctitythe quality of being holy idealitythe quality of being ideal unholinessthe quality of being unholy parental qualitya quality appropriate to a parent faithfulness, fidelitythe quality of being faithful infidelity, unfaithfulnessthe quality of being unfaithful mundaneness, mundanity, sophistication, worldlinessthe quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment naiveness, naivete, naivetylack of sophistication or worldliness hardnessa quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering penetrability, perviousnessthe quality of being penetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.) impenetrability, imperviousnessthe quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.) soapinessthe quality of being soap or being covered with soap fibrosity, fibrousnessthe quality of being fibrous directiveness, directivitythe quality of being directive extremenessthe quality of being extreme closeness, stuffinessthe quality of being close and poorly ventilated adequacy, sufficiencythe quality of being sufficient for the end in view worththe quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful ineptitude, worthlessnesshaving no qualities that would render it valuable or useful good, goodnessthat which is pleasing or valuable or useful bad, badnessthat which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency fecundity, fruitfulnessthe quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth aridity, barrenness, fruitlessnessthe quality of yielding nothing of value usefulness, utilitythe quality of being of practical use inutility, unusefulness, uselessnessthe quality of having no practical use asset, plusa useful or valuable quality constructivenessthe quality of serving to build or improve destructivenessthe quality of causing destruction positiveness, positivism, positivitya quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness negativeness, negativism, negativitycharacterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands occidentalismthe quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Western civilizations orientalismthe quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations power, powerfulnesspossession of controlling influence abilitythe quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment impotence, impotency, powerlessnessthe quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble inability, unfitnesslacking the power to perform romance, romanticisman exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure) domesticitythe quality of being domestic or domesticated boundlessness, infiniteness, infinitude, limitlessness, unboundednessthe quality of being infinite; without bound or limit boundedness, finiteness, finitudethe quality of being finite measurability, quantifiabilitythe quality of being measurable solubilitythe quality of being soluble and easily dissolved in liquid insolubilitythe quality of being insoluble and difficult to dissolve in liquid stuffunspecified qualities required to do or be something hot stuff, voluptuousnessthe quality of being attractive and exciting (especially sexually exciting) humor, humourthe quality of being funny pathos, poignancya quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow) tonethe quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author brachycephalism, brachycephalythe quality of being brachycephalic dolichocephalism, dolichocephalythe quality of being dolichocephalic relativitythe quality of being relative and having significance only in relation to something else responsivenessthe quality of being responsive; reacting quickly; as a quality of people, it involves responding with emotion to people and events deadness, unresponsivenessthe quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events subjectivismthe quality of being subjective snootinessthe quality of being snooty ulterioritythe quality of being ulterior memorabilitythe quality of being worth remembering woodiness, woodsinessthe quality of abounding in trees waxinessthe quality of being made of wax or covered with wax adaptabilitythe ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances unadaptabilitythe inability to change or be changed to fit changed circumstances passport, recommendationany quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission agerasiayouthful appearance in an old person lookphysical appearance viewoutward appearance color, colourthe appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation complexiontexture and appearance of the skin of the face effect, impressionan outward appearance linear perspective, perspectivethe appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer phase(astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun) vanishing pointthe appearance of a point on the horizon at which parallel lines converge superficiesthe purely external aspect of a thing; superficial appearance formatthe general appearance of a publication cast, form, shapethe visual appearance of something or someone image, persona(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world color, colour, gloss, semblancean outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading facethe general outward appearance of something countenance, visagethe appearance conveyed by a person's face hairiness, pilositythe quality of having hair hairlessnessthe quality of not having hair beautythe qualities that give pleasure to the senses affinitya natural attraction or feeling of kinship allure, allurement, temptingnessthe power to entice or attract through personal charm bindingthe capacity to attract and hold something drawing powerthe capacity for attracting people (customers or supporters) fascinationthe capacity to attract intense interest come-on, enticement, lurequalities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward sexual attractionattractiveness on the basis of sexual desire show-stopper, showstoppersomething that is strikingly attractive or has great popular appeal uglinessqualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses deformity, disfiguration, disfigurementan appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen homeliness, plainnessan appearance that is not attractive or beautiful blemish, defect, mara mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) discoloration, discolouration, staina soiled or discolored appearance plainnessthe appearance of being plain and unpretentious elaborateness, ornatenessan ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated decorativenessan appearance that serves to decorate and make something more attractive etiolationa pale and sickly appearance transparence, transparency, transparentnessthe quality of being clear and transparent semitransparency, translucence, translucencythe quality of allowing light to pass diffusely visibilitycapability of providing a clear unobstructed view distinctness, sharpnessthe quality of being sharp and clear cloudiness, muddiness, murkinessthe quality of being cloudy blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness, indistinctness, softnessthe quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines fissiparitythe tendency to break into parts effortlessnessthe quality of requiring little effort effortfulnessthe quality of requiring deliberate effort asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severitysomething hard to endure hardness, ruggednessthe quality of being difficult to do formidability, toughnessimpressive difficulty burdensomeness, heaviness, onerousness, oppressivenessunwelcome burdensome difficulty niceness, subtletythe quality of being difficult to detect or analyze inconvenience, troublesomeness, worrimenta difficulty that causes anxiety flammability, inflammabilitythe quality of being easily ignited and burning rapidly compatibilitycapability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination incompatibilitythe quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination appropriatenessthe quality of being specially suitable fitness, fittingnessthe quality of being suitable conveniencethe quality of being useful and convenient sharpnessthe quality of being keenly and painfully felt spinnbarkeitthe capacity of a viscous liquid (especially the cervical mucus) to be drawn out into a strand or blown up into a bubble inappropriateness, unworthinessthe quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting unfitnessthe quality of not being suitable inconveniencethe quality of not being useful or convenient mystiquean aura of heightened value or interest or meaning surrounding a person or thing notea characteristic emotional quality vibe, vibrationa distinctive emotional aura experienced instinctively admirability, admirableness, wonderfulnessadmirable excellence grandness, impressiveness, magnificence, richnesssplendid or imposing in size or appearance point, spotan outstanding characteristic pointa distinguishing or individuating characteristic earmark, hallmark, stylemark, trademarka distinctive characteristic or attribute saving gracea redeeming quality or characteristic aspecta characteristic to be considered commutability, transmutabilitythe quality of being commutable fluidity, fluidnessa changeable quality reversibilitythe quality of being reversible in either direction shiftinessthe quality of being changeable in direction changefulness, inconstancythe quality of being changeable and variable variability, variableness, variancethe quality of being subject to variation exchangeability, fungibility, interchangeability, interchangeablenessthe quality of being capable of exchange or interchange progressiveness, progressivityadvancement toward better conditions or policies or methods absolutenessthe quality of being absolute constancy, stabilitythe quality of being enduring and free from change or variation innatenessthe quality of being innate irreversibilitythe quality of being irreversible (once done it cannot be changed) invariability, invariableness, invariancethe quality of being resistant to variation fixedness, unalterabilitythe quality of being fixed and unchangeable unexchangeabilitythe quality of being incapable of exchange or interchange mutability, mutablenessthe quality of being capable of mutation fixity, immutability, immutablenessthe quality of being incapable of mutation distinctness, otherness, separatenessthe quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known identicalness, identity, indistinguishabilityexact sameness similaritythe quality of being similar equalitythe quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status differentiala quality that differentiates between similar things differentiadistinguishing characteristics (especially in different species of a genus) distinctiona distinguishing difference disagreement, discrepancy, divergence, variancea difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions dissimilarity, unsimilaritythe quality of being dissimilar change, varietya difference that is usually pleasant inequalitylack of equality certan absolute certainty ineluctability, unavoidabilitythe quality of being impossible to avoid or evade inevitability, inevitablenessthe quality of being unavoidable suretysomething clearly established indisputability, indubitability, unquestionability, unquestionablenessthe quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt moral certaintycertainty based on an inner conviction predictabilitythe quality of being predictable likelihood, likelinessthe probability of a specified outcome slam dunksomething that is a sure to occur; a foregone conclusion doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, questionuncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminacy, indeterminateness, indeterminationthe quality of being vague and poorly defined unpredictabilitylacking predictability improbability, improbablenessthe quality of being improbable fortuitousnessthe quality of happening accidentally and by lucky chance speculativenessthe quality of being a conclusion or opinion based on supposition and conjecture rather than on fact or investigation concretenessthe quality of being concrete (not abstract) palpability, tangibility, tangiblenessthe quality of being perceivable by touch impalpability, intangibility, intangiblenessthe quality of being intangible and not perceptible by touch solidness, substantiality, substantialnessthe quality of being substantial or having substance insubstantialitylacking substance or reality abstractnessthe quality of being considered apart from a specific instance or object realitythe quality possessed by something that is real unrealitythe quality possessed by something that is unreal specificitythe quality of being specific rather than general specificitythe quality of being specific to a particular organism commonality, commonnesssharing of common attributes pervasivenessthe quality of filling or spreading throughout prevalencethe quality of prevailing generally; being widespread catholicity, universalitythe quality of being universal; existing everywhere totalitythe quality of being complete and indiscriminate complicatedness, complication, knottiness, tortuousnesspuzzling complexity elaborateness, elaboration, intricacy, involutionmarked by elaborately complex detail tapestrysomething that resembles a tapestry in its complex pictorial designs trickinessthe quality of requiring skill or caution cyclicity, periodicitythe quality of recurring at regular intervals methodicalness, orderlinessthe quality of appreciating method and system uniformitya condition in which everything is regular and unvarying inhomogeneitythe quality of being inhomogeneous evenness, invariabilitya quality of uniformity and lack of variation even spacingregularity of spacing steadinessthe quality of being steady--regular and unvarying fitfulness, jerkinessthe quality of being spasmodic and irregular intermittence, intermittencythe quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping fluctuation, waveringthe quality of being unsteady and subject to changes haphazardness, noise, randomness, stochasticitythe quality of lacking any predictable order or plan unevenness, variabilitythe quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity unsteadinessthe quality of being unsteady--varying and unpredictable locomotion, motive power, motivitythe power or ability to move motilityability to move spontaneously and independently movability, movablenessthe quality of being movable; capable of being moved or rearranged maneuverability, manoeuvrabilitythe quality of being maneuverable manipulabilitythe quality of being controllable by skilled movements of the hands restlessnessthe quality of being ceaselessly moving or active immotilitylacking an ability to move inertnessimmobility by virtue of being inert immovability, immovablenessnot capable of being moved or rearranged agreeableness, amenitypleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions enjoyablenesspleasantness resulting from something that can be enjoyed nicenessthe quality of nice disagreeablenessthe quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant nastinessthe quality of being unpleasant distastefulness, odiousness, offensivenessthe quality of being offensive awfulness, dreadfulness, horridness, terriblenessa quality of extreme unpleasantness authenticity, genuineness, legitimacyundisputed credibility cogency, rigor, rigour, validitythe quality of being valid and rigorous plausibility, plausiblenessapparent validity implausibility, implausiblenessthe quality of provoking disbelief cred, street cred, street credibilitycredibility among young fashionable urban individuals rationality, rationalnessthe quality of being consistent with or based on logic consistency(logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another completeness(logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that a contradiction arises if any proposition is introduced that cannot be derived from the axioms of the system unaffectednessnot affected; a personal manner that is not consciously constrained simmpleness, simplicityabsence of affectation or pretense sincerity, unassumingnessa quality of naturalness and simplicity spontaneity, spontaneousnessthe quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint ease, informalityfreedom from constraint or embarrassment unpretentiousnessthe quality of being natural and without pretensions naturalisation, naturalizationthe quality of being brought into conformity with nature affectednessthe quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others) artificialitythe quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally largeness, pretension, pretentiousnessthe quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) supernaturalism, supernaturalnessthe quality of being attributed to power that seems to violate or go beyond natural forces nutritiousness, nutritivenessthe quality of being nourishing and promoting healthy growth healthfulnessthe quality of promoting good health harmfulness, noisomeness, noxiousnessthe quality of being noxious perniciousness, toxicitygrave harmfulness or deadliness deadliness, lethalitythe quality of being deadly jejuneness, jejunityquality of lacking nutritive value putrescence, rottennessthe quality of rotting and becoming putrid unhealthfulnessthe quality of promoting poor health adequacy, adequatenessthe quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule" acceptability, acceptablenesssatisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards inadequacy, inadequatenessunsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate perishability, perishablenessunsatisfactoriness by virtue of being subject to decay or spoilage or destruction unacceptability, unacceptablenessunsatisfactoriness by virtue of not conforming to approved standards averageness, mediocrityordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding expectednessordinariness as a consequence of being expected and not surprising commonness, commonplaceness, everydaynessordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace surprisingness, unexpectednessextraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected uncommonnessextraordinariness as a consequence of being rare and seldom encountered uncommonnessextraordinariness as a consequence of being marked by an uncommon or superlative quality exoticism, exoticness, exotismthe quality of being exotic alienage, alienismthe quality of being alien autochthony, endemism, indigenousnessnativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place) freshness, noveltyoriginality by virtue of being refreshingly novel heterodoxy, unorthodoxythe quality of being unorthodox orthodoxythe quality of being orthodox (especially in religion) erroneousness, errorinadvertent incorrectness exactitude, exactnessthe quality of being exact fidelityaccuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal inexactitude, inexactnessthe quality of being inaccurate and having errors loosenessa lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice worthinessthe quality or state of having merit or value unworthinessthe quality or state of lacking merit or value hot stuffthe quality of being popular legalitylawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute legitimacylawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law licitnessthe quality of strictly conforming to law illegalityunlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute invalidity, invalidnessillogicality as a consequence of having a conclusion that does not follow from the premisses illegitimacyunlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with law illicitnessthe quality of not conforming strictly to law shadinessof questionable honesty or legality civilisation, civilization, refinementthe quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste dash, elan, flair, panache, styledistinctive and stylish elegance daintiness, delicacy, finenessthe quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance courtlinesselegance suggestive of a royal court tastefulnesselegance indicated by good taste breeding, genteelness, gentilityelegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression chic, chichi, chicness, last word, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swankelegance by virtue of being fashionable brilliance, grandeur, grandness, magnificence, splendor, splendourthe quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand eclat, pompceremonial elegance and splendor classelegance in dress or behavior awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffnessthe inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) dowdiness, drabness, homelinesshaving a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance manginess, seediness, shabbiness, sleazinessa lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing tweedinessan informal, homely, outdoor look characteristic of those who wear tweeds coarseness, commonness, grossness, raunch, vulgarism, vulgaritythe quality of lacking taste and refinement crudeness, roughnessan unpolished unrefined quality boorishness, uncouthnessinelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashinesslack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity tastelessnessinelegance indicated by a lack of good taste legibility, readabilitya quality of writing (print or handwriting) that can be easily read intelligibilitythe quality of language that is comprehensible picturesquenessthe quality of being strikingly expressive or vivid clarity, clearness, limpidity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidityfree from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression coherence, coherencylogical and orderly and consistent relation of parts inscrutabilitythe quality of being impossible to investigate illegibilitythe quality of writing (print or handwriting) that cannot be deciphered impenetrability, impenetrablenessincomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand noiseincomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks opacity, opaquenessincomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning abstruseness, obscureness, obscurity, reconditenessthe quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand unintelligibilityincomprehensibility as a consequence of being unintelligible unclearnessincomprehensibility as a result of not being clear righteousnessadhering to moral principles unrighteousnessfailure to adhere to moral principles humanitythe quality of being humane mercifulness, mercya disposition to be kind and forgiving atrociousness, atrocity, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousnessthe quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane bestialitythe stupid brutal quality of a beast mercilessness, unmercifulnessinhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving sensitiveness, sensitivitythe ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment insensitiveness, insensitivitythe inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment rightnessaccording with conscience or morality conscienceconformity to one's own sense of right conduct good, goodnessmoral excellence or admirableness chastity, sexual morality, virtuemorality with respect to sexual relations corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefactionmoral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles corruptibilitythe capability of being corrupted licentiousness, wantonnessthe quality of being lewd and lascivious anomie, anomylack of moral standards in a society wrongnesscontrary to conscience or morality evil, evilnessthe quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice sacrednessthe quality of being sacred profaneness, unsanctificationunholiness by virtue of being profane safenessthe quality of being safe dangerousnessthe quality of not being safe curability, curablenesscapability of being cured or healed incurability, incurablenessincapability of being cured or healed maternal quality, maternalism, maternity, motherlinessthe quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother fatherliness, paternal qualitythe benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father constancyfaithfulness and dependability in personal attachments (especially sexual fidelity) dedicationcomplete and wholehearted fidelity loyalty, truenessthe quality of being loyal faithlessness, falseness, fickleness, inconstancyunfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous disloyaltythe quality of being disloyal artlessness, ingenuousness, innocence, naturalnessthe quality of innocent naivete credulousness, gullibilitytendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived simple mindedness, simpleness, simplicitya lack of penetration or subtlety directness, straightnesstrueness of course toward a goal indirectnesshaving the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal robustnessthe characteristic of being strong enough to withstand intellectual challenge ruralism, ruralitya rural characteristic or trait streaka distinctive characteristic sleeknessthe quality of being well-groomed and neatly tailored harshness, roughnessthe quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses effectiveness, potency, strengthcapacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects valence, valency(chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent) valence, valency(biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate amplenessthe property of being more than sufficient; comfortable sufficiency valuethe quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable merit, virtueany admirable quality or attribute demerit, faultthe quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection praisworthinessthe property of deserving praise worthwhilenessvalue sufficient to repay time or effort spent fecklessnessworthlessness due to being feeble and ineffectual groundlessness, idlenessthe quality of lacking substance or value paltriness, sorrinessworthlessness due to insignificance valuelessnesshaving none of the properties that endow something with value shoddiness, trashinessthe quality of being cheaply imitative of something better darn, hoot, red centsomething of little value emptiness, vanitythe quality of being valueless or futile pricethe high value or worth of something desirability, desirablenessthe quality of being worthy of desiring undesirabilitythe quality possessed by something that should be avoided benefit, welfaresomething that aids or promotes well-being bettersomething superior in quality or condition or effect betterthe superior one of two alternatives optimummost favorable conditions or greatest degree or amount possible under given circumstances worsesomething inferior in quality or condition or effect evilthat which causes harm or destruction or misfortune fertility, prolificacy, rankness, richnessthe property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth productiveness, productivitythe quality of being productive or having the power to produce poornessless than adequate unproductivenessthe quality of lacking the power to produce detergence, detergencydetergent quality; the quality of having cleansing power function, purpose, role, usewhat something is used for helpfulnessthe property of providing useful assistance usea particular service serviceability, serviceableness, usability, usableness, useablenessthe quality of being able to provide good service instrumentalitythe quality of being instrumental for some purpose futilityuselessness as a consequence of having no practical result worthlessnessthe quality of being without practical use practicalityconcerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities practicability, practicablenessthe quality of being usable impracticalityconcerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use impracticability, impracticablenessthe quality of not being usable competence, competencythe quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually incompetence, incompetencylack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications resourcea source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed advantage, vantagethe quality of having a superior or more favorable position forte, long suit, metier, speciality, specialty, strength, strong point, strong suitan asset of special worth or utility soundness, wisdom, wisenessthe quality of being prudent and sensible unsoundnessnot mentally or physically healthy liabilitythe quality of being something that holds you back inadvisabilitythe quality of being ill-advised harmfulness, injuriousnessdestructiveness that causes harm or injury poisonanything that harms or destroys assertiveness, self-assertivenessaggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions preponderancesuperiority in power or influence puissancepower to influence or coerce persuasiveness, strengththe power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty irresistibility, irresistiblenessthe quality of being overpowering and impossible to resist interest, interestingnessthe power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.) chokehold, stranglehold, throttleholdcomplete power over a person or situation swaycontrolling influence influencea power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc repellant, repellentthe power to repel controlpower to direct or determine jurisdiction, legal power(law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law disposalthe power to use something or someone discretion, free willthe power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies vetothe power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature) effectiveness, effectivity, effectuality, effectualnesspower to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect forman ability to perform well interoperability(computer science) the ability to exchange and use information (usually in a large heterogeneous network made up of several local area networks) magical ability, magical poweran ability to perform magic Midas touchan ability to make and manage large amounts of money penetrationthe ability to make way into or through something physical abilitythe ability to perform some physical act; contrasting with mental ability contractilitythe capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter capability, capablenessthe quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally helplessness, impuissance, weaknesspowerlessness revealed by an inability to act unpersuasivenessinability to persuade uninterestingnessinability to capture or hold one's interest voicelessnesshaving no voice in the management or control of affairs paper tigerthe nature of a person or organization that appears powerful but is actually powerless and ineffectual incapability, incapablenessthe quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualnesslacking the power to be effective stardusta dreamy romantic or sentimental quality ratabilitythe quality of being capable of being rated or estimated scalabilitythe quality of being scalable comicalitythe quality of being comical resistancethe degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) totipotence, totipotencythe ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part immunocompetencethe ability to develop an immune response following exposure to an antigen insufficiency(pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally attribute an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity 2n a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something each town has a quality all its own Syn|Hypo|Hyper character, lineament texture the essential quality of something attribute, dimension, property a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished 3n (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) Syn|Hypo|Hyper timber, timbre, tone harmonic any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental resonancethe quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities color, coloration, colour, colourationthe timbre of a musical sound nasalitya quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancyhaving the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant shrillness, stridence, stridencyhaving the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound register(music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments nasal twang, twangexaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects) head register, head tone, head voicethe higher ranges of the voice in speaking or singing; the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head chest register, chest tone, chest voicethe lower ranges of the voice in speaking or singing sound property an attribute of sound 4n a degree or grade of excellence or worth the quality of students has risen Syn|Hypo|Hyper caliber, calibre high quality, superiority the quality of being superior inferiority, low qualityan inferior quality choiceness, finenessthe quality of being very good indeed first classthe highest rank in a classification first waterthe highest quality gems cleverness, ingeniousness, ingenuitythe property of being ingenious poornessthe quality of being poorly made or maintained scrawniness, scrubbinessthe property of being stunted and inferior in size or quality second classnot the highest quality in a classification wretchednessthe quality of being poor and inferior and sorry degree, grade, level a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality 5n high social status a man of quality Hyper rank, social rank, social station, social status position in a social hierarchy 6adj of superior grade quality paper Syn choice, prime, prize, select superior of high or superior quality or performance 7adj of high social status people of quality a quality family Syn upper-class occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society |
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