Fearsomeness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state or condition of being fearsome. uncountable
"Of all the naturalists to choose to make a victim! Mr. Irwin, of course, had gained celebrity engaging with unwieldy and lethal reptiles as if they were, on a scale of fearsomeness, roughly equivalent to a table of society matrons at tea."
Synonyms
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More examples"Of all the naturalists to choose to make a victim! Mr. Irwin, of course, had gained celebrity engaging with unwieldy and lethal reptiles as if they were, on a scale of fearsomeness, roughly equivalent to a table of society matrons at tea."
Etymology
From fearsome + -ness.