awfulness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from 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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