Antonyms for brisknessbrisk·ness

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1. briskness

   Liveliness and sprightliness are pleasant and commendable; smartness is a limited and showy acuteness or shrewdness, usually with unfavorable suggestion; pertness and sauciness are these qualities overdone, and regardless of the respect due to superiors. Impertinence and impudence may be gross and stupid; pertness and sauciness are always vivid and keen. Compare IMPUDENCE.

   Antonyms:
   bashfulness, demureness, diffidence, humility, modesty, shyness

   Synonyms:
   boldness, flippancy, forwardness, impertinence, impudence, liveliness, pertness, sauciness, smartness, sprightliness

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1. • Liveliness

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1. alacrity, briskness, smartnessnoun

   liveliness and eagerness

   "he accepted with alacrity"; "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him"

   Synonyms:
   smart, stylishness, alacrity, chichi, chicness, smartness, last word, brightness, chic, smarting, swank, modishness, cleverness

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