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[syn: awfulness, dreadfulness, horridness, terribleness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Awfulness \Aw"ful*ness\, n.
1. The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence;
dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred
place.
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The awfulness of grandeur. --Johnson.
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2. The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity;
profound reverence. [Obs.]
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Producing in us reverence and awfulness. --Jer.
Taylor.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
awfulness
n 1: a quality of extreme unpleasantness [syn: awfulness,
dreadfulness, horridness, terribleness]