AWFULNESS

awfulness, dreadfulness, horridness, terribleness

(noun) a quality of extreme unpleasantness

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

awfulness (usually uncountable, plural awfulnesses)

The state or quality of being awful.

The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence

Synonyms: dreadfulness, solemnity

The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence.

Source: Wiktionary

Aw"ful*ness, n.

1. The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place. The awfulness of grandeur. Johnson.

2. The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence. [Obs.] Producing in us reverence and awfulness. Jer. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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