dreadfulness
Definition
- Noun:
- The quality of being extremely unpleasant, terrible, or causing great fear or dread: "Dreadfulness" refers to an extreme degree of unpleasantness, awfulness, or terror-inspiring nature.
Usage
- "Dreadfulness" is an abstract noun used to describe the severe, negative quality of a situation, event, or thing. It emphasizes extreme unpleasantness or horror.
Examples
- Noun:
- The survivors could not forget the dreadfulness of the disaster. (The survivors could not forget the extreme horror of the disaster.)
- The dreadfulness of the crime shocked the entire community. (The extreme awfulness of the crime shocked the entire community.)
- She was overwhelmed by the sheer dreadfulness of the news. (She was overwhelmed by the sheer terrible nature of the news.)
Advanced Usage
- "the dreadfulness of it all": a phrase used to emphasize the totality of a terrible situation.
- After the war, he was haunted by the dreadfulness of it all. (After the war, he was haunted by the extreme horror of the entire experience.)
Variants and Related Words
- Dreadful (adj): extremely bad, unpleasant, or causing dread.
- The weather was dreadful. (The weather was extremely bad.)
- Dread (n/v): great fear or apprehension.
- She felt a sense of dread. (She felt a sense of great fear.)
Synonyms
- Awfulness: the quality of being very bad or unpleasant.
- Horror: an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust.
- Terribleness: the state or quality of being very bad or severe.
Antonyms
- Pleasantness: the quality of being pleasing or enjoyable.
- Delightfulness: the quality of causing great pleasure.
Related Phrases/Idioms
- (No common idioms or phrasal verbs are directly formed with the noun "dreadfulness".)
Noun
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a quality of extreme unpleasantness
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