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The opposite of youngness
Answer for the clue "The opposite of youngness ", 7 letters:
oldness
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Word definitions for oldness in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state of being old; age.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the opposite of youngness [ant: youngness ] the opposite of newness [ant: newness ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Oldness \Old"ness\, n. The state or quality of being old; old age.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English ealdnysse ; see old + -ness .
Usage examples of oldness.
His wide shoulders sagging, his lean brown face crumbling, giving him a look of oldness, he stepped out into the street.
His skeleton carried this oldness, this aura of time, as if he were merely a vessel for it.
To an archaeologist, there might have been significance, Horton told himself, but to the two of them, there had been simply oldness-a musty, dusty, repetitive oldness that was at once futile and depressive.
Watching them, she was suddenly aware of a weariness, a premature oldness in each.
It was the only time in my marriage that I felt old, a specimen of oldness, a landmark, standing in those slightly oversized pajamas, a little ridiculous, reliving the same moment of the night before, Kathryn reading in bed, a dram of Greek brandy on the bedside table, another reference forward.