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UK
/ˈəʊldnəs/
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NOUN
- the quality of being old; the opposite of newness
- the opposite of youngness
How To Use oldness In A Sentence
- It is true: but liberality baulkes, and feares covetousnesse and niggardize, more a great deale then prodigallity; so does zeale lukewarmnes and coldnesse, more then too much heate and forwardnesse; the defect is more opposite and dangerous to some vertues, then the excesse. A Coal From The Altar, To Kindle The Holy Fire of Zeale In a Sermon Preached at a Generall Visitation at Ipswich
- She was much applauded for her boldness in tackling the unfamiliar Balanchine style.
- On the contrary, there is a vast shadow of melancholy, a painful sadness, doubt and cross-purpose, boldness at one moment and timidity at the next, a longing for solitude. Half a Rogue
- As for the Drei Zinnen, they surpass in boldness and weirdness all the Dolomites of the Ampezzo. Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys
- By staging the fish, previously scored for boldness, in dyadic contests against siblings, we also tested the prediction that bolder individuals are more likely to become dominant.
- That is why it said that the opposite of love is not hate but indifference, our apathy to act, our coldness in commitment.
- Through this experience, I developed boldness and confidence for fighting with humans.
- Would the blandishing enchanter still weave his spells around me, or should I burst them all and turn away in coldness! Master Humphrey's Clock
- Coldness or sweating, flushing, poor circulation, fatigue, fainting.
- Steam hissed and water came in cascading sheets as she shook the biting coldness away.