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ness
1[ nes ]
-ness
2- a native English suffix attached to adjectives and participles, forming abstract nouns denoting quality and state (and often, by extension, something exemplifying a quality or state):
darkness; goodness; kindness; obligingness; preparedness.
-ness
1suffix forming nouns
- indicating state, condition, or quality, or an instance of one of these
greatness
a kindness
meaninglessness
selfishness
Ness
2/ ²ÔÉ›²õ /
noun
- Loch Nessa lake in NW Scotland, in the Great Glen: said to be inhabited by an aquatic monster. Length: 36 km (22.5 miles). Depth: 229 m (754 ft)
ness
3/ ²ÔÉ›²õ /
noun
- a promontory or headland
- ( capital as part of a name )
Orford Ness
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of ness1
Origin of ness2
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of ness1
Origin of ness2
Example Sentences
Though he’s an avowed New Yorker, Esposito sees something special about the L.A.-ness of the event.
Apart from the central metaphor, its LGBTQ+-ness is expressed in brief, chaste moments of closeness between the two main male characters.
“I love the overlap between me and Alice, the queerness, the Asianness and just like the loudness, the kind of recklessness almost, you know? The obnoxiousness and also the unapologetic ness,†Cola said in January.
“He acknowledges his own piece-of-s—ness. The world is changing, and we’re looking back at a lot of people who were icons and realizing, ‘Wow, they were depraved.’
But her “L.A.-ness†is more profound than that.
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