Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

upness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables: up-ness
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state, quality, or condition of being up

Uncountable

noun

The property of being an up quark.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"As well as encouraging externalization of mystery, male genitalization seems to encourage men to prize the qualities of hardness, upness, and linearity."
"Sometimes ups, to smarten up, ask downs to come into a program created by ups to explain and justify their downness. The ups call this "human relations training." Of course, ups never have to explain their upness; that is why they are ups."

Etymology

From up + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: up

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

fed-upness grown-upness made-upness messed-upness

Frequently Paired Words

fed-upness grown-upness made-upness messed-upness

Questions

What does upness mean?: The state, quality, or condition of being up
Where does upness come from?: From up + -ness.

How to pronounce upness

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