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What words end with the suffix -ness?

There are many words that end in "-ness"! Here are a few examples, organized by the type of word they form:

Nouns:

* Abstract Concepts: happiness, sadness, kindness, darkness, goodness, awareness, tiredness, loneliness, stubbornness, willingness, brightness, emptiness, etc.

* States of Being: illness, sickness, weakness, blindness, deafness, richness, poverty, nakedness, etc.

* Qualities: hardness, softness, smoothness, roughness, redness, blueness, sweetness, sourness, etc.

Adjectives:

* Derived from Nouns: businesslike, homeless, careless, thoughtless, etc.

The "-ness" suffix usually turns an adjective or verb into a noun, indicating a state, quality, or condition.

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