unsmilingness

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noun

The absence of a smile.

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Meanings

noununsmilingness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe absence of a smile.

    Unsmilingness is not necessarily blameworthy.

    1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus, published 2014, page 129
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    Now, sobriety does not mean unsmilingness. A man can be just as sober when he smiles as when he does not.

    1887, Henry Ward Beecher, A summer in England with Henry Ward Beecher

Origin

From unsmiling + -ness.

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APA

unsmilingness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsmilingness

MLA

“unsmilingness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsmilingness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsmilingness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsmilingness.

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