All effusiveness antonyms
ef·fu·sive
E e noun effusiveness
- sadness — affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad because a close friend has moved away.
- apathy — You can use apathy to talk about someone's state of mind if you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about anything.
- lethargy — the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity.
- calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
- depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
- unhappiness — sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
- dullness — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- peace — the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- disinterest — absence of interest; indifference.
- lack — something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
- scarcity — insufficiency or shortness of supply; dearth.
- lifeless — not endowed with life; having no life; inanimate: lifeless matter.
- insufficiency — deficiency in amount, force, power, competence, or fitness; inadequacy: insufficiency of supplies.
- need — a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation: There is no need for you to go there.
- want — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.