scrappiness

scrap·pi·ness

noun \ˈskra-pē-nəs\

Definition of SCRAPPINESS

: the quality or state of being scrappy

Examples of SCRAPPINESS

1. <his natural scrappiness serves him well as an aggressive defense attorney>

First Known Use of SCRAPPINESS

1867

Related to SCRAPPINESS

Synonyms: aggression, aggressiveness, assaultiveness, bellicosity, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, defiance, disputatiousness, feistiness, fight, militance, militancy, militantness, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness, belligerence, truculence

Antonyms: nonaggression, pacifism

Related Words: antagonism, fierceness, hostility, hyperaggressiveness, unfriendliness; imperialism, jingoism, militarism; acidity, biliousness, captiousness, crabbiness, crankiness, crossness, disagreeableness, fractiousness, fretfulness, grouchiness, grumpiness, huffiness, irascibility, irascibleness, irritability, irritableness, orneriness, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, querulousness, rudeness, surliness, testiness, waspishness

Near Antonyms: antiaggression, anti-imperialism, antimilitarism; affability, amiability, amicability, benevolence, cordiality, friendliness, geniality, graciousness, pleasantness, sociability; gentleness, kindliness, mildness; amenability, complaisance, placability

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Rhymes with SCRAPPINESS

happiness, sappiness, snappiness