smuttiness

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noun

The state or quality of being smutty.

Similar
sootinessdirtiness
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Meanings

nounsmuttiness (usually uncountable, plural smuttinesses)

plural smuttinesses

  1. uncountableusuallyThe state or quality of being smutty.

    It was exactly the sort of line that brought screeches of laughter on Workers’ Playtime or Midday Music-hall. It was exactly the smoky, faded smuttiness he wanted to put behind him.

    1998, Derek Beaven, chapter 12, in Acts of Mutiny, London: Fourth Estate, →ISBN, part 1 (Motion), page 46

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe state of being dirty with soot

Similar
sootiness
Broader
dirtinessuncleanness

nounobscenity in speech or writing

Similar
dirtiness
Broader
obscenitylewdnessbawdiness
Also see
dirtinesssootiness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From smutty + -ness.

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Cite this entry
APA

smuttiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smuttiness

MLA

“smuttiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smuttiness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smuttiness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smuttiness.

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