dreadfulness
- noun
- /ˈdrɛd.fəl.nəs/
:
horror
- The only incident in which Agnes reports Isabelle's own words concerning Notre Seigneur stresses the dreadfulness of his judgment, rather than the sweetness of his embrace or the fleshiness of his body.
Examples
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She described the dreadfulness of the storm, with its howling winds and crashing waves.
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The pitch data presented in the previous entry doesn't tell much of the story behind McCarthy's dreadfulness this season.
Blog text (26) -
Suddenly, the whole dreadfulness of the system and the people presents itself to me fully and simply, and I am horrified by my acquiescence for so long....
Academic text (1999) -
Of course, when the little ones are very small, there's a kind of sweetness which partially compensates for the dreadfulness which comes after.
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In the event, the Wolves felt they had no option other than to let him walk, thereby hastening their reversion to their norm; i.e., dreadfulness.
Blog text (11) -
The dreadfulness of the haunted house made everyone too scared to enter.
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The dreadfulness of the sight was enough to make even the bravest person feel afraid.
Synonyms
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2.1
A very strong feeling of fear, shock, or disgust
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6.0
A very unpleasant quality that makes people feel bad
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6.7
A harsh, unpleasant quality that makes people feel afraid or worried
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4.1
A feeling of fear caused by something you see or hear
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6.6
A state when something is very bad and frightening
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5.9
A very unpleasant, shocking state that causes fear or disgust
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7.0
A very shocking and frightening scene or detail that makes you feel sick
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8.4
A state of great suffering that feels like being in hell
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8.1
A strong feeling of fear when something is very scary
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8.5
A very shocking and horrible sight that scares people
A very unpleasant quality that shocks people
A quality that makes situations feel very frightening and unpleasant
A quality that makes pain or trouble very hard to stand
Antonyms
How Frightening
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dreadfulness begins with dread, which means 'great fear' and is the same idea in the common word dreadful, and the ending -ness turns that feeling into a 'quality'. So dreadfulness is the quality of being very frightening or extremely unpleasant.