tameness
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈteɪmnəs/
- The tameness of the movie made it hard for audiences to stay engaged.
Examples
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"The fawning, which in Homer conveys the emasculation of her victims' bewitched condition, returns here as contemptible domesticity, tameness, loss of individuality, sheepishness.
Academic text (1997) -
Her writing style is marked by a certain tameness that lacks the vibrancy of contemporary authors.
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The tameness of the restaurant's menu disappointed those looking for unique flavors.
Synonyms
3
3.7
Something that is not interesting or exciting
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4.1
A pleasant, polite style that feels too safe or insincere
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3.8
A state that makes you lose interest
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4.9
A lack of taste and energy in food or writing
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5.1
A plain, dull appearance with no bright color or style
1
9.3
A lack of energy and interest in speech or writing
1
8.5
Being too ready to copy others and not act on your own
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5.9
A lack of new ideas that makes something seem dull and familiar
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8.2
A style of dressing that looks plain and old-fashioned
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6.7
A state of being ordinary and not exciting
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9.6
Lack of flavor or interest that makes something dull
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8.4
A feeling that something is dull and boring
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8.4
A serious, old-fashioned style that feels boring
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8.2
Being dull and without strong taste or interest
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9.1
The quality of being ordinary and not exciting
Not having new ideas or ways of doing things
The quality of being dull and simple without much real meaning
A simple, dull quality that makes something uninteresting
Antonyms
How Exciting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tameness can also mean being dull or not exciting; this sense grew from tame meaning 'not wild', and a helpful way to remember it is to imagine a tame show that is safe but boring.