Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

destructiveness

/dɪstɹˈʌktɪvnɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables: de-struc-tive-ness
IPA: /dɪstɹˈʌktɪvnɪs/

21

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being destructive.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Would Helen’s face-seductiveness have wrought as much destructiveness, Would Antony have followed Cleopatra like a lamb, Unless those ladies’ vanities for snaring male humanities Had been associated with a quantum suff. of glam.?"

Etymology

Etymology tree English destructive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English destructiveness From destructive + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

nondestructiveness

Phrases

self-destructiveness

Questions

How do you pronounce destructiveness?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪstɹˈʌktɪvnɪs/.
What does destructiveness mean?: The state or quality of being destructive.
Where does destructiveness come from?: Etymology tree English destructive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English destructiveness From destructive + -ness.

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