| Pronunciation: | | 'ofulnus
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[n] a quality of extreme unpleasantness |
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AWFULNESS is a 9 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | dreadfulness, horridness, terribleness |
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| | See Also: | | frightfulness, unpleasantness |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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