Meanings
nounfearsomeness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe state or condition of being fearsome.
Of all the naturalists to choose to make a victim! Mr. Irwin, of course, had gained celebrity engaging with unwieldy and lethal reptiles as if they were, on a scale of fearsomeness, roughly equivalent to a table of society matrons at tea.
2007 January 20, Ginia Bellafante, “A Final Adventure for the Consummate Animal Hunter”, in New York Times
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fearsomeness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fearsomeness
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“fearsomeness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fearsomeness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fearsomeness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fearsomeness.
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