baseness

Questions about baseness

What does baseness mean?

baseness means "unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values".

How many syllables are in baseness?

baseness has 3 syllables and divides as ba-se-ness under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for baseness?

Close synonyms include sordidness, contemptibility, despicableness, despicability. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is baseness a common word?

baseness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.