Home › Words › H › hitchinesshitchiness/ˈhɪt͡ʃinəs/hitchiness · noun — the quality of being hitchy.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).hitchiness is pronounced /ˈhɪt͡ʃinəs/.EtymologyFrom hitchy + -ness.nounThe quality of being hitchy.e.g.“Put into English, the Saga seems too Norse; and there is often a hitchiness in the verse that suggests translation with overmuch heed for literal closeness.” — 2019, James Russell Lowell, The Function of the Poet, and Other Essays:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.hitchily 81% match — In a hitchy manner. vs hitchiness →hitchy 73% match — irregular; uneven; moving or progressing in jerks or spurts vs hitchiness →hitchlessness 72% match — The quality of being hitchless, of going smoothly, without problems. vs hitchiness →hitching 67% match — The act by which something is hitched. vs hitchiness →tetchiness 65% match — The quality of being tetchy, or irritable vs hitchiness →hitchlessly 65% match — Without a hitch; in a hitchless manner. vs hitchiness →glitchiness 63% match — The quality of being glitchy. vs hitchiness →itchies 63% match — An itchy or fidgety condition. vs hitchiness →