Nubbiness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/nˈʌbɪnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/nˈʌbɪnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/nˈʌbɪnəs/

3 syllables Say it as /nˈʌbɪnəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

coarseness tweediness

Word Forms

coarse	adjective	of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles
nubby	adjective	of textiles; having a rough surface
tweedy	adjective	of textiles; having a rough surface

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Knubbeligkeit

Lockerheit oder Rauheit in der Textur (wie bei Stoff)

🇫🇷French

engourdissement

relâchement ou rugosité de la texture (comme celle du tissu)

🇪🇸Spanish

nubosidad

holgura o rugosidad en la textura (como la de una tela)

🇮🇹Italian

intorpidimento

allentamento o ruvidità nella trama (come del tessuto)

🇳🇱Dutch

nubbigheid

losheid of ruwheid in textuur (vanaf stof)

🇵🇹Portuguese

nubidez

frouxidão ou rugosidade na textura (como de tecido)

🇷🇺Russian

пухленькость

рыхлость или шероховатость текстуры (как у ткани)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सुन्नपन

बनावट में ढीलापन या खुरदरापन (कपड़े जैसा)

🇧🇩Bengali

নব্বই

টেক্সচারে শিথিলতা বা রুক্ষতা (কাপড়ের মতো)

🇮🇳Tamil

உணர்ச்சியற்ற தன்மை

அமைப்பில் தளர்வு அல்லது கடினத்தன்மை (துணியைப் போல)

🇮🇳Telugu

నిబ్బరం

ఆకృతిలో వదులుగా లేదా కరుకుదనం (వస్త్రం వలె)

🇮🇳Marathi

नब्बीपणा

पोत मध्ये सैलपणा किंवा खडबडीतपणा (कपड्याप्रमाणे)

🇮🇳Gujarati

નબીપણું

રચનામાં ઢીલાપણું અથવા ખરબચડી (કાપડની જેમ)

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಿರುತ್ಸಾಹ

ವಿನ್ಯಾಸದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಡಿಲತೆ ಅಥವಾ ಒರಟುತನ (ಬಟ್ಟೆಯಂತೆ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

മയക്കം

ഘടനയിൽ അയവ് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ പരുക്കൻ (തുണി പോലെ)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਨਬੀਪਨ

ਬਣਤਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਢਿੱਲਾਪਨ ਜਾਂ ਖੁਰਦਰਾਪਨ (ਕਪੜੇ ਵਾਂਗ)

🇵🇰Urdu

نوبل پن

ساخت میں ڈھیلا پن یا کھردرا پن (کپڑے کی طرح)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

麻木

质地松散或粗糙（如布料）

🇯🇵Japanese

こぶ

生地のゆるみやざらつき

🇰🇷Korean

멍청함

질감의 느슨함 또는 거칠기(천의 경우)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự lạnh lùng

sự lỏng lẻo hoặc thô ráp trong kết cấu (như vải)

🇹🇭Thai

ความมึนงง

ความหลวมหรือความหยาบของเนื้อผ้า (เหมือนผ้า)

🇮🇩Indonesian

sifat nubbiness

kelonggaran atau kekasaran tekstur (seperti pada kain)

🇵🇭Filipino

kawalanghiyaan

maluwag o gaspang sa texture (tulad ng tela)

🇲🇾Malay

kebodohan

kelonggaran atau kekasaran dalam tekstur (seperti kain)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غموض

رخاوة أو خشونة في الملمس (مثل القماش)

🇮🇷Persian

بی حسی

شلی یا زبری در بافت (مانند پارچه)

🇹🇷Turkish

uyuşukluk

dokuda gevşeklik veya pürüzlülük (kumaştan itibaren)

🇮🇱Hebrew

תנודות

רפיון או חספוס במרקם (כמו בד)

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The primary meaning of 'nubbiness' is 'looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)'.

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Using 'nubbiness' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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