SUNNINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sunniness mean? 

• SUNNINESS (noun)
  The noun SUNNINESS has 2 senses:

1. lightness created by sunlight

2. the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom

  Familiarity information: SUNNINESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUNNINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lightness created by sunlight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("sunniness" is a kind of...):

light; lightness (the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sunniness"):

cloudlessness (the lightness of a sunny day when there are no clouds in the sky)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

cheer; cheerfulness; sunniness; sunshine

Context example:

flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room

Hypernyms ("sunniness" is a kind of...):

attribute (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)

Attribute:

cheerful (being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits)

cheerless; depressing; uncheerful (causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sunniness"):

good-humoredness; good-humouredness; good-naturedness; good-temperedness (a cheerful willingness to be obliging)

Holonyms ("sunniness" is a part of...):

disposition; temperament (your usual mood)

Derivation:

sunny (bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer)