Nouns Ending in ESS and Containing UG

Browse 59 valid English nouns ending in ESS and containing UG, from Toughness, Roughness, Thoughtfulness, Ugliness, Thoroughness, Smugness and Ruggedness to rarer terms. Check definitions and spelling below, or visit our noun grammar guide to review pluralization and capitalization rules.

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Starts with A
1 words
augustness
Starts with B
2 words
bugginess
buggess
Starts with C
2 words
cheuginess
conjugateness
Starts with D
4 words
doughiness
doughtiness
daughterliness
droughtiness
Starts with F
5 words
frugalness
fugitiveness
forethoughtfulness
fugginess
fugaciousness
Starts with H
4 words
hugeness
haughtiness
hugeousness
hypersuggestibleness
Starts with I
1 words
inexpugnableness
Starts with L
3 words
lugubriousness
laughableness
lanuginousness
Starts with M
1 words
mugginess
Starts with N
4 words
naughtiness
nugatoriness
nonsuggestiveness
nonlugubriousness
Starts with O
2 words
oughtness
overthoughtfulness
Starts with P
3 words
pugnaciousness
prethoughtfulness
pugginess
Starts with R
4 words
roughness
ruggedness
repugnantness
roughheartedness
Starts with S
9 words
smugness
sluggishness
suggestiveness
snugness
sugariness
suggestibleness
sluggardliness
sluggardness
superthoroughness
Starts with T
7 words
toughness
thoughtfulness
thoroughness
thoughtlessness
thuggishness
thoroughgoingness
thoroughbredness
Starts with U
7 words
ugliness
unthoughtfulness
unsuggestiveness
ugsomeness
unpugnaciousness
undaughterliness
unlugubriousness

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