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Definition of Terribleness
1. Noun. A quality of extreme unpleasantness.
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
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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