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Princeton's WordNet

  1. frightfulnessnoun

    the quality of being frightful

Wiktionary

  1. frightfulnessnoun

    The quality of being frightful.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Frightfulnessnoun

    The power of impressing terrour.

    Etymology: from frightful.

Wikipedia

  1. frightfulness

    Fear is an intensely unpleasant emotion in response to perceiving or recognizing a danger or threat. Fear causes physiological changes that may produce behavioral reactions such as mounting an aggressive response or fleeing the threat. Fear in human beings may occur in response to a certain stimulus occurring in the present, or in anticipation or expectation of a future threat perceived as a risk to oneself. The fear response arises from the perception of danger leading to confrontation with or escape from/avoiding the threat (also known as the fight-or-flight response), which in extreme cases of fear (horror and terror) can be a freeze response or paralysis. In humans and other animals, fear is modulated by the process of cognition and learning. Thus, fear is judged as rational or appropriate and irrational or inappropriate. An irrational fear is called a phobia. Fear is closely related to the emotion anxiety, which occurs as the result of threats that are perceived to be uncontrollable or unavoidable. The fear response serves survival by engendering appropriate behavioral responses, so it has been preserved throughout evolution. Sociological and organizational research also suggests that individuals' fears are not solely dependent on their nature but are also shaped by their social relations and culture, which guide their understanding of when and how much fear to feel.Fear is sometimes incorrectly considered the opposite of courage. For the reason that courage is a willingness to face adversity, fear is an example of a condition that makes the exercise of courage possible.

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  1. frightfulness

    Frightfulness refers to a state or condition marked by extreme fear, horror, shock, or alarming and terrifying character, often eliciting strong feelings of dread. It could be used to describe situations, environments, actions, or objects which are horrifying, ghastly, or dreadful.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Frightfulnessnoun

    the quality of being frightful

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of frightfulness in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of frightfulness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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