terribleness

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noun

The characteristic of being terrible.

Similar
terribilityawfulnessdreadfulnesshorridness
OriginEnglish terrible ← Middle English terrible ← Old French terrible →
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Meanings

nounterribleness (usually uncountable, plural terriblenesses)

plural terriblenesses

  1. uncountableusuallyThe characteristic of being terrible.

    Synonyms: terribility

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe characteristic of being terrible.

Similar
terribility

More synonyms by meaning

nouna quality of extreme unpleasantness

Similar
awfulnessdreadfulnesshorridness
Broader
unpleasantness
Also see
awfulnessdreadfulnesshorridnessterribility

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchterrible
  2. Middle Englishterrible
  3. Englishterrible
  4. Englishterribleness

From terrible + -ness.

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APA

terribleness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terribleness

MLA

“terribleness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terribleness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “terribleness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terribleness.

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