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Definition of earthiness : The quality or state of being earthy, or of containing earth; hence, grossness.

Synonyms:

gawkiness, awkwardness, uncivility, indignity

depravity, colloquialism, brutishness, rudeness, coarseness, grossness, brazenness, gracelessness, outlandishness, rankness, offensiveness, saltiness, garishness, vernacular, gaudiness, ignominy, boorishness, baseness, commonness, repulsiveness, roughness, crassness, profanity, tawdriness, indelicacy, vulgarity, shamelessness, sleaze, tactlessness, clumsiness, inelegance, tastelessness, rawness, lowness, barbarism, broadness, crudeness, animality

Usage examples:

• A flight of steps sank into the darkness of the interior, and a cold strange smell floated up, with something of a dry earthiness of flavour and a mingling of leather and timber. - "The Frozen Pirate", W. Clark Russell.
• Those disgusting corduroy trousers have hung about his legs for so many months; all the ugliness of these labourers' faces and the solid earthiness of their lives are there; nothing has been omitted, curtailed, or exaggerated. - "Modern Painting", George Moore.
• I seemed to feel it in my blood, that the Earth had lost the weight of its earthiness, and its daily task of sustaining life no longer appeared a burden, as with a wonderful access of power it whirled through space telling its beads of days and nights. - "The Home and the World", Rabindranath Tagore.