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prosiness

prosiness

9.9
A dull way of writing or speaking that is not creative
  • noun
  • /ˈprɒzɪnəs/
translation icon : prosaísmo
  • Readers complained about the prosiness of the novel’s style.

Examples

  • The prosiness of his speech made it difficult to stay interested.

  • Despite the prosiness of the topic, the lecturer managed to make it engaging.

  • The prosiness of the article made it hard to finish.

  • Her poetry was criticized for its prosiness.

  • Many students found the prosiness of the lecture hard to bear, as it lacked any creative insight.

  • The teacher noted the prosiness of the student's essay and encouraged him to add more vivid descriptions.

  • Critics pointed out the prosiness of the review, stating it failed to capture the novel's emotional depth.

Synonyms

vapidity
vsprosiness
1 9.3

A lack of energy and interest in speech or writing

leans toward commonplaceness and weak imaginative quality
drabness
vsprosiness
1 5.1

A plain, dull appearance with no bright color or style

concerns lack of imaginative or poetic qualities rather than looks
prosaicness
vsprosiness
9.1

The quality of being ordinary and not exciting

is the variant form emphasizing the same ordinary, uncreative quality
vapidness
vsprosiness
8.4

A feeling that something is dull and boring

is more about being commonplace and lacking poetic imagination
stodginess
vsprosiness
  • UK
8.4

A serious, old-fashioned style that feels boring

is dull from being ordinary and unimaginative rather than solemn
mundaneness
vsprosiness
6.7

A state of being ordinary and not exciting

emphasizes lack of poetic imagination rather than simple ordinariness

Antonyms

717 2.8

The ability to form new pictures and ideas in your mind that are not real

213 3.4

The ability to use imagination to make new ideas or things

How Dull

tediousness
1 6.0
prosiness
9.9
dullness
1 3.7
banality
10 7.2

Surface Forms

prosiness singular
prosinesses plural

Morphology

prosiness = prosy (transparent) = prose + y + ness

Formation is a regular nominalization of the adjective 'prosy' using the productive suffix '-ness'.

Etymology

Prosiness comes from prose, which means 'ordinary, non-poetic writing', and the ending -ness makes it a word for a state or quality. So, prosiness is the quality of being like plain prose — dull or without imaginative, poetic life.