terribleness

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terribleness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Terrible \Ter"ri*ble\, a. [F., fr. L. terribilis, fr. terrere to
     frighten. See Terror.]
     1. Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread;
        dreadful; formidable.
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              Prudent in peace, and terrible in war. --Prior.
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              Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the Lord
              thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.
                                                    --Deut. vii.
                                                    21.
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     2. Excessive; extreme; severe. [Colloq.]
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              The terrible coldness of the season.  --Clarendon.
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     Syn: Terrific; fearful; frightful; formidable; dreadful;
          horrible; shocking; awful.
          [1913 Webster] -- Ter"ri*ble*ness, n. -- Ter"ri*bly,
          adv.
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terribleness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  terribleness
      n 1: a quality of extreme unpleasantness [syn: awfulness,
           dreadfulness, horridness, terribleness]