Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

truthfulness

/ˈtɹuθfəlnəs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables: truth-ful-ness
IPA: /ˈtɹuθfəlnəs/

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being truthful.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Many hard-working students, alive to the deficiencies of this kind of romance-writing, have grown to distrust not only all historical writing that is romantic, but all historical writing that is vivid. They feel that complete truthfulness must never be sacrificed to color."

Etymology

Etymology tree English truthful 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 truthfulness From truthful + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

truthfulnesses (plural)

Antonyms

falseness untruthfulness

Questions

How do you pronounce truthfulness?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹuθfəlnəs/.
What does truthfulness mean?: The quality of being truthful.
Where does truthfulness come from?: Etymology tree English truthful 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 truthfulness From truthful + -ness.

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