awfulness
Collocations
2AWFULNESS + NOUN
families
ADV.
such
Definitions
noun
The state or quality of being awful.
Out came old Teenie, buzzing mad as a whole nest of wasps. Muttered awfulnesses came from her great padded bonnet.
"Why is the awfulness of families such a popular reason for starting another?"
The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence
[…] the knocking at the gate, which succeeds to the murder of Duncan, produced to my feelings an effect for which I could never account: the effect was—that it reflected back upon the murder a peculiar awfulness and a depth of solemnity […]
the awfulness of this sacred place
The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a quality of extreme unpleasantness
- dreadfulness
- horridness
- terribleness
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3Out came old Teenie, buzzing mad as a whole nest of wasps. Muttered awfulnesses came from her great padded bonnet.
Wiktionary"Why is the awfulness of families such a popular reason for starting another?"
Wiktionary[…] the knocking at the gate, which succeeds to the murder of Duncan, produced to my feelings an effect for which I could never account: the effect was—that it reflected back upon the murder a peculia
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