Dreadfulness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The characteristic of being dreadful. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    a quality of extreme unpleasantness wordnet

Synonyms

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atrocityawfulnessawfulnessbasenessbestialitybrutality

Etymology

From Middle English dredfulnesse, dredefulnesse, equivalent to dreadful + -ness.

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