Home › Words › M › mardinessmardinessmardiness means the quality of being mardy.EtymologyFrom mardy + -ness.nounThe quality of being mardy.e.g.“Irritated by my feeling of non-specific mardiness, I force myself out of bed, stretching flamboyantly as I walk over to open the shutters.” — 2006, Laura Hird, Hope And Other Stories, page 36:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.mardily 78% match — In a mardy manner; irritably. vs mardiness →mumsiness 68% match — The quality of being mumsy. vs mardiness →mopishness 67% match — The quality of being mopish. vs mardiness →marishness 66% match — The quality of being marish, or marshy. vs mardiness →mankiness 66% match — The quality of being manky. vs mardiness →maudlinness 65% match — The quality of being maudlin. vs mardiness →tartiness 64% match — The quality of being tarty. vs mardiness →narkiness 64% match — Narky behaviour. vs mardiness →