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Definition of Horridness
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 Horridness
1. n. The quality of being horrid.
Definition of Horridness
1. Noun. The quality of being horrid ¹
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Definition of Horridness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Horridness
Literary usage of Horridness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life and Writings of Thomas Paine by Thomas Paine, Daniel Edwin Wheeler (1908)
"With them it is the horridness of revenge, but with your army it is a still
greater crime, the horridness of diversion. The British generals who have ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1881)
"It is the horridness of people," she cried with an outburst of wrath and grief.
Sir Gus was distressed. He did not like to see any one cry, much less this ..."
3. The Political Writings of Thomas Paine: To which is Prefixed a Brief Sketch by Thomas Paine (1870)
"With them it is the horridness of revenge, but with your army it is a still
greater crime, the horridness of diversion. The British generals who have ..."
4. The political and miscellaneous works of Thomas Paine by Thomas Paine (1819)
"With them it is the horridness of revenge, but with your army it is the still
greater crime, the horridness of diversion. ..."
5. The Writings of Thomas Paine by Thomas Paine (1894)
"They, at least, have a formality in their punishments. With them it is the
horridness of revenge, but with your army it is a still greater crime, ..."
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