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Worst possible virtue/attribute names?

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PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 28/08/2016 16:41

I don't just mean a Verity who's a bit of a fibber, or a stingy Charity but what wouldn't work at all?

I'll start with:

Fecundity
Concord (people would think of aeroplanes)

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itssquidstella · 29/08/2016 14:16

Punctiliousness
Magnanimity

CancellyMcChequeface · 29/08/2016 13:59

Meekness
Humanity
Propriety
Vanity
Malevolence
Anarchy

CanadaMoose91 · 29/08/2016 04:26

I knew a Serendipity once. People called her "Dippy".

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PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 29/08/2016 00:44

You could have Antipathy too.

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StepAwayFromTheThesaurus · 28/08/2016 22:51

What about Belligerance and Apathy? They're lovely attribute names.

Honeybee79 · 28/08/2016 21:59

Chastity
Prudence
Charity

Sugarcoma · 28/08/2016 21:26

Not exactly a Puritanical name but I'm sure I read a story about two Uniques in one class a few years back.

TequilaBlockingBird · 28/08/2016 21:07

Restraint
Moderation
Dignity
Obedience

PuraVida · 28/08/2016 20:02

Pestilence

StepAwayFromTheThesaurus · 28/08/2016 19:48

I'd rather be continence walker than incontinence walker.

That's not saying much though.

Pleasemrstweedie · 28/08/2016 19:34

Continence Smile

That is an actual name. Another Puritan one.

StepAwayFromTheThesaurus · 28/08/2016 19:17

There are some awesome Puritan names on this list.

I can't think why humiliation fell out of fashion as a name. It must be due a comeback.

StepAwayFromTheThesaurus · 28/08/2016 19:13

Fear and Hate-Evil are some truly wonderful Puritan names. Lovely for twins.

HumptyDumptyBumpty · 28/08/2016 18:50

Probity & Rectitude. These are my imaginary twins' names. What could go wrong?

shartsi · 28/08/2016 18:41

Temptress

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PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 28/08/2016 18:33

I think Innocent could be ok (but you could practically guarantee thread grown up to have a really dirty sense of humour!).

Discipline would be an awful name.

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StepAwayFromTheThesaurus · 28/08/2016 18:32

Accountability

Cleanliness

TequilaBlockingBird · 28/08/2016 18:32

Diligence

Sorrow

Poor-in-heart

Dogolphin · 28/08/2016 18:30

Temperance! Wine Wine Wine

StepAwayFromTheThesaurus · 28/08/2016 18:29

Restraint

Self sacrifice

Responsibility

Simplicity

Sobriety

guiltynetter · 28/08/2016 18:27

(I knew one once)

guiltynetter · 28/08/2016 18:27

Innocent

StepAwayFromTheThesaurus · 28/08/2016 18:25

Industry

StepAwayFromTheThesaurus · 28/08/2016 18:24

Acceptance

Purposefulness

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