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Definition: Aloofness |
AloofnessNoun1. Indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional distance". 2. A disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "aloofness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1817. (references) |
Synonyms: AloofnessSynonyms: distance (n), remoteness (n), standoffishness (n), withdrawnness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Seclusion Exclusion | Noun: seclusion, privacy; retirement; reclusion, recess; snugness; Adjective: delitescence; rustication, rus in urbe; solitude; solitariness; (singleness); isolation; loneliness; Adjective: estrangement from the world, voluntary exile; aloofness. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Aloofness |
| English words defined with "aloofness": paranoic type schizophrenia, paranoid schizophrenia, paraphrenia, paraphrenic schizophrenia ♦ sulk, sulkiness. (references) |
| "Aloofness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Aloofness" is used about 49 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 49 | 48,677 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "aloofness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ftohtësi (chill, coldness, coolness, distance, frost, insensitivity, offishness). (various references) | |
Arabic | متحفظ (aloof, careful, cautious, close, discreet, incommunicable, incommunicative, reserved, reticent, secretive, self contained, stand offish, taciturn, uncommunicative, wary), عزلة (alienation, desolation, isolation, loneliness, privacy, remoteness, retirement, seclusion, solitude). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | изолираност (insularity, separateness, vacuum), дистанция (distance). (various references) | |
Czech | odstup (detachment, distance, interval, stand off), lhostejnost (apathy, indifference). (various references) | |
French | attitude distant, réserve. (various references) | |
German | Zurückhaltung (bashfulness, caution, diffidence, dullness, reserve, restraint, retention, retentiveness, reticence, self-effacement), unnahbarkeit (remoteness). (various references) | |
Greek | επιφυλακτικότητα (reservedness, reticence). (various references) | |
Hebrew | "תב"לות (differentiation, secession, seclusion, segration), "תרחקות (estrangement, going far, keeping aloof, keeping one's distance). (various references) | |
Hungarian | zárkózottság (closeness, exclusiveness, withdrawnness), tartózkodó magatartás (unresponsiveness), tartózkodás (abidance, abstention, abstinence, being, constraint, coyness, discretion, dwell, dwelling, residence, residency, restraint, reticence, self-restraint, shyness, sojourn, standoff, stay, staying, stopover). (various references) | |
Italian | indifferenza (disregard, indifference, insensibility, nonchalance), distacco (detachment, lead, parting, separation, severance). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 超俗 , 弧高 (superiority), 孤高 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ""う (arc light, bare existence, bare livelihood, dangerous place, houses and inhabitants, jaws of death, living on others, one's right-hand man, one's trusted henchman, population, subsistence, superiority, tiger's den), ちょうぞく. (various references) | |
Manx | quaaghid (funniness, quaintness, weirdness), freayll er-lheh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aloofnessay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | indiferença (apathy, callousness, cold shoulder, coldness, coolness, detachment, disinterest, easiness, estrangement, frigidity, insensibility, insouciance, listlessness, lukewarmness, nonchalance, stand-off, unconcern), desinteresse (apathy, detachment, disinterest, indifference, nonchalance, unconcern, washiness). (various references) | |
Romanian | rezervã (budget, chill, condition, deposit, distance, exception, hoard, offishness, qualification, refill, reservation, reserve, restraint, retention, side-room, stand by, standoffishness, stipulation, stock, store, substitute, supply), distanţã (difference, distance, elongation, interval, length, odds, offishness, range, remoteness, remove, run, space, standoffishness, step). (various references) | |
Russian | отчужденность (alienability, estrangement). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | rezervisanost, povučenost (demureness, remoteness, reticence). (various references) | |
Turkish | uzak durma (abstention, abstinence, avoidance, keeping aloof, keeping away, standoff, staying away), sokulmama, mesafe koyma. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thái độ xa lánh, thái độ cách biệt, sự tách ra thái độ tách rời. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "aloofness": aloofnesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "aloofness" (pronounced uluw"fnus) |
| 4 | -f n u s | deafness, roughness, stiffness, toughness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-l-n-o-o-s-s" | |
-2 letters: loosens, saloons, solanos. | |
-3 letters: anoles, felons, flanes, fossae, lanose, lesson, loofas, loosen, looses, nooses, salons, saloon, season, snools, solano, solans, solons. | |
-4 letters: aeons, alefs, aloes, alone, aloof, anole, elans, enols, false, fanes, fanos, felon, flans, fleas, floes, floss, foals, fools, fossa, fosse, lanes, lases, lasso, leafs, leans, lenos, loafs, loans, loess, loofa, loofs. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-l-n-o-o-s-s" | |
+2 letters: aloofnesses. | |
+3 letters: confessional, professional, teaspoonfuls, teaspoonsful. | |
+4 letters: colorfastness, confessionals, foolhardiness, passionflower, professionals. | |
+5 letters: confessionally, foundationless, nonfissionable, passionflowers, professionally, tablespoonfuls, tablespoonsful, unprofessional. | |
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