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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortness, briefness |
| Synonyms: | conciseness, concision, condensation, crispness, curtness, economy, ephemerality, impermanence, pithiness, pointedness, succinctness, terseness, transience, transitoriness |
| Antonyms: | lengthiness, longevity, permanence |
| Main Entry: | mortality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humanness |
| Synonyms: | Homo sapiens, being, ephemerality, flesh, human race, humanity, humankind, impermanence, temporality, transience |
| Antonyms: | animal life, immortality, inhumanness, plant life |
| Main Entry: | restlessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | constant motion; discontent |
| Synonyms: | activity, agitation, ailment, ants, antsiness, anxiety, bustle, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, edginess, excitability, ferment, fitfulness, fretfulness, hurry, inconstancy, inquietude, insomnia, instability, jitters, jumpiness, movement, nervousness, restiveness, transience, turbulence, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest, unsettledness, worriedness |
| Antonyms: | calm, contentedness, relaxation, restfulness |
| Main Entry: | inquietude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restlessness |
| Synonyms: | activity, agitation, ailment, ants, antsiness, anxiety, bustle, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, edginess, excitability, ferment, fitfulness, fretfulness, hurry, inconstancy, insomnia, instability, jitters, jumpiness, movement, nervousness, restiveness, transience, turbulence, turmoil, unease, uneasiness, unrest, unsettledness, worriedness |
| Main Entry: | insecureness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instability |
| Synonyms: | alternation, anxiety, capriciousness, changeability, changeableness, disequilibrium, disquiet, fickleness, fitfulness, flightiness, fluctuation, fluidity, frailty, hesitation, immaturity, impermanence, inconsistency, inquietude, insecurity, irregularity, irresolution, mutability, oscillation, pliancy, precariousness, restlessness, shakiness, transience, uncertainty, unfixedness, unpredictability, unreliability, unstableness, unsteadiness, unsureness, vacillation, variability, volatility, vulnerability, wavering, weakness* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | precariousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instability |
| Synonyms: | alternation, anxiety, capriciousness, changeability, changeableness, disequilibrium, disquiet, fickleness, fitfulness, flightiness, fluctuation, fluidity, frailty, hesitation, immaturity, impermanence, inconsistency, inquietude, insecureness, insecurity, irregularity, irresolution, mutability, oscillation, pliancy, restlessness, shakiness, transience, uncertainty, unfixedness, unpredictability, unreliability, unstableness, unsteadiness, unsureness, vacillation, variability, volatility, vulnerability, wavering, weakness* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | restiveness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restlessness |
| Synonyms: | activity, agitation, ailment, ants, antsiness, anxiety, bustle, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, edginess, excitability, ferment, fitfulness, fretfulness, hurry, inconstancy, inquietude, insomnia, instability, jitters, jumpiness, movement, nervousness, transience, turbulence, turmoil, unease, uneasiness, unrest, unsettledness, worriedness |
| Main Entry: | ricketiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unstableness |
| Synonyms: | alternation, anxiety, capriciousness, changeability, changeableness, disequilibrium, disquiet, fickleness, fitfulness, flightiness, fluctuation, fluidity, frailty, hesitation, immaturity, impermanence, inconsistency, inquietude, insecurity, instability, irregularity, irresolution, mutability, oscillation, pliancy, precariousness, restlessness, shakiness, transience, uncertainty, unfixedness, unpredictability, unreliability, unsteadiness, vacillation, variability, volatility, vulnerability, wavering, weakness*, wobbliness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shakiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instability |
| Synonyms: | alternation, anxiety, capriciousness, changeability, changeableness, disequilibrium, disquiet, fickleness, fitfulness, flightiness, fluctuation, fluidity, frailty, hesitation, immaturity, impermanence, inconsistency, inquietude, insecureness, insecurity, irregularity, irresolution, mutability, oscillation, pliancy, precariousness, restlessness, transience, uncertainty, unfixedness, unpredictability, unreliability, unstableness, unsteadiness, unsureness, vacillation, variability, volatility, vulnerability, wavering, weakness* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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