Definitions for showinesses

showinesses show·i·ness

Spelling: [shoh-ee-nis]
IPA: /ˈʃoʊ i nɪs/

Showinesses is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 259 anagrams from letters in showinesses (eehinossssw).

Definitions for showinesses

noun

  1. the property or characteristic of being showy.

Origin of showinesses

First recorded in 1805-15; showy + -ness

Examples for showinesses

In point of showiness of stores and bustle, the streets of Philadelphia are far behind New York.

"showiness" is common in every trumpery village in the land.

As at the South, in the services of Mrs. Marsh here, there was a great disproportion between their showiness and their usefulness.

The simplicity of his phrases, his entire absence of showiness or bombast, made his influence indescribably deep and powerful.

Poverty and showiness, supreme beauty and grotesque ugliness, jostle each other at close quarters.

showiness such as that of the big, black-haired, blue-eyed Irishman is enough to "put out" the light of any one else!

Gaud′iness, showiness; Gaud′y, an English university feast or festival.

Now she seemed determined to rival him in showiness, to be the partner of his alleged vulgarity.

Although some other species surpass this in showiness, it is one of the most distinct.

Lila was shocked and awed by her friend's showiness and indifference.

Word Value for showinesses
Scrable

15

Words with friends

15

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