Definition of Terribleness

1. Noun. A quality of extreme unpleasantness.

Exact synonyms: Awfulness, Dreadfulness, Horridness
Generic synonyms: Unpleasantness
Specialized synonyms: Frightfulness
Derivative terms: Awful, Awful, Awful, Dreadful, Dreadful, Horrid, Horrid, Terrible, Terrible, Terrible, Terrible

Definition of Terribleness

1. Noun. The characteristic of being terrible. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Terribleness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Terribleness

terrestrial planets
terrestrial telescope
terrestrial time
terrestriality
terrestrialize
terrestrialized
terrestrializes
terrestrializing
terrestrially
terrestrials
terrestrious
terret
terrets
terrible
terrible twos
terribleness
terriblenesses
terribles
terribly
terricolae
terricolous
terriculament
terriculaments
terrienniak
terrier
terrierlike
terriers
terries
terrific
terrifical

Literary usage of Terribleness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The People's Bible: Discourses Upon Holy Scripture by Joseph Parker (1891)
"GOD'S Terribleness AND GENTLENESS. IT is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living ... The measure of greatness is the measure of terribleness. ..."

2. The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments (1903)
"9 And he hath brought us intt this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth witl milk and honey. with great terribleness, and witr signs ..."

3. Renaissance in Italy by John Addington Symonds (1887)
"... His qualities as Colorist — H is Terribleness — Private Life — Digression upon Criticism — Reasons why the Bolognese Painters are justly now neglected. ..."

4. Renaissance in Italy: The Fine Arts by John Addington Symonds (1900)
"... Qualities as Colour- ist—His Terribleness—Private Life—Digression upon Criticism— Reasons why the Bolognese Painters are justly now Neglected. ..."

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