What does awfulness mean?
Definitions for awfulness
aw·ful·ness
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word awfulness.
Princeton's WordNet
awfulness, dreadfulness, horridness, terriblenessnoun
a quality of extreme unpleasantness
Wiktionary
awfulnessnoun
The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place.
awfulnessnoun
The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Awfulnessnoun
Etymology: from awful.
These objects naturally raise seriousness; and night heightens the awfulness of the place, and pours out her supernumerary horrours upon every thing. Joseph Addison, Spect. №. 110.
An help to prayer, producing in us reverence and awfulness to the divine majesty of God. Jeremy Taylor, Rule of living holy.
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awfulness
Awfulness refers to the state or quality of being extremely unpleasant, disagreeable, shocking, or distressing. It can also refer to something that is exceptionally bad or of poor quality. It is often associated with conditions or situations that provoke feelings of fear, horror, disgust, or intense dislike.
Webster Dictionary
Awfulnessnoun
the quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place
Awfulnessnoun
the state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence
Matched Categories
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of awfulness in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of awfulness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of awfulness in a Sentence
And I’m like, ‘It’s still not over? His awfulness is still happening?’.
In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of existence and loathing seizes him.
In the middle of the night in London I had to come up with a statement, and I’m like, ‘It’s still not over? His awfulness is still happening?’.
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