prosiness
- noun
- /ˈprɒzɪnəs/
- Readers complained about the prosiness of the novel’s style.
Examples
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The prosiness of his speech made it difficult to stay interested.
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Despite the prosiness of the topic, the lecturer managed to make it engaging.
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The prosiness of the article made it hard to finish.
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Her poetry was criticized for its prosiness.
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Many students found the prosiness of the lecture hard to bear, as it lacked any creative insight.
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The teacher noted the prosiness of the student's essay and encouraged him to add more vivid descriptions.
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Critics pointed out the prosiness of the review, stating it failed to capture the novel's emotional depth.
Synonyms
A lack of energy and interest in speech or writing
A plain, dull appearance with no bright color or style
The quality of being ordinary and not exciting
A feeling that something is dull and boring
A serious, old-fashioned style that feels boring
A state of being ordinary and not exciting
Antonyms
How Dull
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.