Definitions For Defensiveness

noun

  • Excessive sensitivity to criticism

Is Defensiveness a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
20
Words with Friends
23

The word Defensiveness is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Defensiveness in a Sentence

  • The city began building a defensive wall around its borders.
  • The government decided to join a defensive alliance with several other nations.
  • I was surprised by his defensive reaction to my suggestion.
  • Their unexpectedly harsh words put him on the defensive

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