angularities
Pointy shape qualities
Angularities are sharp corners, edges, or the quality of having angles rather than curves.
The word often describes physical features—the angularities of a face, a building's harsh angularities.
It extends to personality or manner: someone's social angularities are their stiff, awkward, or abrupt qualities.
The angularities of his prose style put off casual readers.
Where edges converge
- verticesCorner points of shapes
- edgesOuter limits or boundaries
- facetsPolished gem surfaces
- planesAircraft or flat surfaces
polygons · triangles · hexagons · polyhedra · prisms · tetrahedra · rhombuses · trapezoids
Keenness of edge, mind, or image
- pointednessState of being sharp-tipped
- jaggednessUneven, pointed quality
- boninessSkeletal thinness
- gauntnessExtreme, angular thinness
leanness · prominence · protrusions · jutting · projections · ridges · creases · folds
Uneven, abrupt movement
- stiffnessResistance to deformation
- abruptnessSudden, unexpected manner
- awkwardnessLack of grace or ease
- ungainlinessLack of physical grace
clumsiness · rigidity · woodenness · mechanical · stilted · halting · choppy · uncoordinated
Advocate of experimental forms
- cubistGeometric abstraction painter
- constructivistBeliever in built understanding
- minimalistOne favoring bare essentials
- brutalistAdherent of severity
geometric · abstract · avant-garde · deconstructivist · rectilinear · fractured · fragmented · prismatic
Unsparing quality or manner
- sharpnessKeenness of edge, mind, or image
- brusquenessAbrupt, rude directness
- abrasivenessCoarse or harsh quality
- bluntnessFrank, unvarnished manner
curtness · severity · austerity · incisiveness · acerbity · tartness · prickliness · thorniness
corners
Where edges converge
planes · polygons · triangles · hexagons · polyhedra · prisms · tetrahedra · rhombuses · trapezoids · diagonals
sharpness
Keenness of edge, mind, or image
- pointednessState of being sharp-tipped
- jaggednessUneven, pointed quality
- boninessSkeletal thinness
gauntness · leanness · prominence · protrusions · jutting · projections · ridges · creases · folds · contours
jerkiness
Uneven, abrupt movement
- stiffnessResistance to deformation
- abruptnessSudden, unexpected manner
- awkwardnessLack of grace or ease
ungainliness · clumsiness · rigidity · woodenness · mechanical · stilted · halting · choppy · uncoordinated · disjointed
modernist
Advocate of experimental forms
- cubistGeometric abstraction painter
- constructivistBeliever in built understanding
- minimalistOne favoring bare essentials
brutalist · geometric · abstract · avant-garde · deconstructivist · rectilinear · fractured · fragmented · prismatic · faceted
harshness
Unsparing quality or manner
- sharpnessKeenness of edge, mind, or image
- brusquenessAbrupt, rude directness
- abrasivenessCoarse or harsh quality
bluntness · curtness · severity · austerity · incisiveness · acerbity · tartness · prickliness · thorniness · edginess
angularitiesroundness
State of being curved
curves · curvatures · roundedness · circularity · curvature
angularitiesgracefulness
Smoothness of movement
fluidity · smoothness · softness · elegance · suppleness
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