awfulness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: awfulness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for awfulness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
awfulness n a quality of extreme unpleasantness [syn: awfulness, dreadfulness, horridness, terribleness]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Awfulness \Aw"fulness\, n. 1. The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness* of this sacred place. The awfulness of grandeur. --Johnson. 2. The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence. [Obs.] Producing in us reverence and awfulness. --Jer. Taylor.