knavishness

K k

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- /ˈneɪvɪʃnəs /
- /ˈneɪvɪʃnəs /

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /ˈneɪvɪʃnəs /

Definition of knavishness word

noun knavishness The quality of being knavish. 1

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Parts of speech for Knavishness

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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knavishness popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for knavishness

noun knavishness

avarice — Avarice is extremely strong desire for money and possessions.
greed — excessive or rapacious desire, especially for wealth or possessions.
malice — desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness: the malice and spite of a lifelong enemy.
abjection — an abject state or condition
baseness — morally low; without estimable personal qualities; dishonorable; meanspirited; selfish; cowardly.

All 30 Synonyms of knavishness

Antonyms for knavishness

noun knavishness

benevolence — inclination or tendency to help or do good to others; charity
generosity — readiness or liberality in giving.
goodness — the state or quality of being good.
honour — to hold in honor or high respect; revere: to honor one's parents.
honor — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.

All 9 Antonyms of knavishness

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