Crossword clues for gregariousness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gregarious \Gre*ga"ri*ous\, a. [L. gregarius, fr. grex, gregis,
herd; cf. Gr. ? to assemble, Skr. jar to approach. Cf.
Congregate, Egregious.]
Habitually living or moving in flocks or herds; tending to
flock or herd together; not habitually solitary or living
alone.
--Burke.
No birds of prey are gregarious.
--Ray.
2. (of people) enjoying companionship; sociable; not solitary.
3. (of plants) growing in clusters. -- Gre*ga"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Gre*ga"ri*ous*ness, n.
Wiktionary
n. The state of being gregarious.
WordNet
n. the quality of being gregarious--having a dislike of being alone
Usage examples of "gregariousness".
The hack and the whore have much in common: late nights, venal gregariousness, social drinking, a desire to please, simulated liveliness, dissimulated exhaustion — you keep on having to do it when you don't feel like it.
Dogs are the hieroglyphs of blind emotion, inferiority, servile attachment, and gregariousness -- the attributes of commonplace, stupidly passionate, and intellectually and imaginatively underdeveloped men.
His gaiety and ingenuous appearance, his gregariousness, were carefully cultivated to counterbalance his unusual coloring.