awfulness
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- noun
- /ˈɔːfəl.nəs/
:
horror
- The awfulness of the situation left everyone feeling helpless.
I mean, misty eyed about the awfulness of human beings.
- I mean, misty eyed about the awfulness of human beings.
- As he absorbs the awfulness of his predicament, he does nothing.
- And yes, they can be a vector for all sorts of nightmarish awfulness.
- And then it's scorched earth rage, manipulation, gaslighting, and just general awfulness.
- Abandonment can mean facing down narcissistic rage and escalation and just general awfulness.
- And what happens to me is mild cheddar in comparison to the extra strength cheese awfulness my country inflicts on some women.
- So I did, I was faced and then my moment of fucking, you know, awfulness, you know, did they offer you a deal?
- Now you want more of this that I'm giving you and the the awfulness of the experience for the person who's on the other side of that relationship is it's not consistent.
Examples
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Then the awfulness of finding her in the center of town with a mob gathered around her.
Fiction book (1994) -
The deadly awfulness of his situation is beginning to rise in his throat, burning like an acid regurgitation.
Fiction book (1990) -
But she seemed pleased by the performance's awfulness, as I was.
Fiction book (1999) -
S and I share the ability to see through the quotidian awfulness of things.
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I needed to believe there's more than this awfulness around us... ...but at some point we have to stop.
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And here in London, who can forget the sheer awfulness of the Grenfell Tower fire?
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As he absorbs the awfulness of his predicament, he does nothing.
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In the course of these talks, he could possibly point to some spot of hope in what I saw as the hopeless awfulness of the most recent events in Russia, Bosnia, and Africa.
Fiction book (1997) -
The grandness of the world lies before them, and they are deciding its fate and are humbled by the awfulness of it.
Fiction book (2000) -
And she was the one thing that made the shootings, and the diseases, and the wild animals, and the Indians, and the general depressing awfulness about the West bearable.
Synonyms
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4.2
A feeling of discomfort or dislike
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3.4
The state of being unpleasant, harmful or wrong
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5.0
A strong unpleasant quality that makes people uncomfortable
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8.0
Very bad and morally wrong behavior
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6.7
A harsh, unpleasant quality that makes people feel afraid or worried
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6.3
Extreme ugliness that makes people feel shocked or disgusted
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8.0
Being very rude and annoying to other people
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3.5
A strong unpleasant effect that hurts the senses
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6.6
A state when something is very bad and frightening
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6.5
How gross or unpleasant something is
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5.9
A very unpleasant, shocking state that causes fear or disgust
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9.6
A very bad quality that makes something unpleasant
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7.0
A strong feeling of disgust that makes you want to move away
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9.1
A strong feeling that something is very unpleasant or disgusting
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9.3
A behavior that people find morally wrong or offensive
A state that makes people feel offended or dislike something
A quality of being very unpleasant and causing strong dislike
A very unpleasant quality that shocks people
The quality of being very ugly or cruel in a way that shocks people
Very cruel actions that shock people
Very unpleasant or nasty quality often used for weather and food
A quality of being unpleasant and hard to get along with that makes people avoid you
How bad something looks, sounds, or smells to you
Being unpleasant or offensive and making people feel dislike
A quality that makes pain or trouble very hard to stand
A very strong feeling of fear when something is shocking or awful
Antonyms
How Unpleasant
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8.1
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2.1
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6.0
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3.6
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3.2
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2.8
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3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Awfulness comes from awful + -ness; awful once meant 'full of awe', like the words awe and awesome. Over time awful changed to mean 'very bad', so awfulness is the quality of being extremely unpleasant.