-NESS noun suffix – English Grammar Profiler

Apart from a very small amount of words, ‘-ness’ almost always marks a noun.

BUSINESS FITNESS AWARENESS ILLNESS HAPPINESS EFFECTIVENESS DARKNESS CONSCIOUSNESS

  WEAKNESS

He has a weakness for beautiful women.

THICKNESS WITNESS GOODNESS WILDERNESS WELLNESS BRIGHTNESS WILLINGNESS KINDNESS MADNESS FORGIVENESS SICKNESS READINESS FAIRNESS RIGHTEOUSNESS SADNESS HARNESS SWEETNESS WITNESS (VVI) GREATNESS WELLNESS (NP1) STIFFNESS REDNESS HOMELESSNESS HOLINESS OPENNESS USEFULNESS DIZZINESS BLINDNESS HARDNESS MINDFULNESS COMPETITIVENESS GUINNESS (NP1) LONELINESS RICHNESS SERIOUSNESS BITTERNESS FRESHNESS SHARPNESS LIKENESS FULLNESS CLEANLINESS WITNESS (NN1_VV0) UNIQUENESS TENDERNESS COMPLETENESS RESPONSIVENESS PREPAREDNESS WITNESS (VV0) HARNESS (VVI) DRYNESS CORRECTNESS SOFTNESS TOUGHNESS HARNESS (NN1_VV0) NUMBNESS SHORTNESS SORENESS TIGHTNESS LIGHTNESS WICKEDNESS SMOOTHNESS WITNESS (VV0_NN1) ATTRACTIVENESS EYEWITNESS SELF-AWARENESS EMPTINESS SELFISHNESS FIRMNESS FRIENDLINESS LAZINESS APPROPRIATENESS CLOSENESS FAITHFULNESS TIREDNESS FONDNESS NERVOUSNESS AWESOMENESS INVERNESS (NP1) RANDOMNESS STILLNESS ALERTNESS TIMELINESS ONENESS INDEBTEDNESS UNWILLINGNESS UNHAPPINESS CRAZINESS DROWSINESS QUICKNESS RESTLESSNESS

HOPELESSNESS