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SMUTTINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does smuttiness mean?
• SMUTTINESS (noun)
The noun SMUTTINESS has 2 senses:
1. the state of being dirty with soot
2. obscenity in speech or writing
Familiarity information: SMUTTINESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of being dirty with soot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
smuttiness; sootiness
Hypernyms ("smuttiness" is a kind of...):
dirtiness; uncleanness (the state of being unsanitary)
Derivation:
smutty (soiled with dirt or soot)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Obscenity in speech or writing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
dirtiness; smuttiness
Hypernyms ("smuttiness" is a kind of...):
bawdiness; lewdness; obscenity; salaciousness; salacity (the trait of behaving in an obscene manner)
Derivation:
smutty (characterized by obscenity)
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