awfulness

aw·ful  (ôfl)

adj.

1. Extremely bad or unpleasant; terrible: had an awful day at the office.

2. Commanding awe: "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath" (Herman Melville).

3. Filled with awe, especially:

a. Filled with or displaying great reverence.

b. Obsolete Afraid.

4. Formidable in nature or extent: an awful burden; an awful risk.

adv. Informal

Extremely; very: was awful sick.

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[Middle English aweful, awe-inspiring, blend of awe, awe; see awe, and *ayfull, awful (from Old English egefull : ege, dread + -full, -ful).]

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awful·ly adv.

awful·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

awfulness - a quality of extreme unpleasantness dreadfulness, horridness, terribleness unpleasantness - the quality of giving displeasure; "the recent unpleasantness of the weather" frightfulness - the quality of being frightful

Translations

awfulness [ˈɔːfʊlnɪs] N

1. (= dreadfulness) → lo terrible
the awfulness of the situation kept coming back to him → lo terrible de la situación se le venía insistentemente a la cabeza
he had to serve 18 years because of the awfulness of his crimes → sus crímenes fueron tan horrorosos que tuvo que servir una condena de 18 años

2. (= poor quality) it gets mentioned, if only for its awfulness → se habla de eso, aunque sólo sea por lo malo que es

awfulness

n (of situation) → Schrecklichkeit f, → Furchtbarkeit f; (of person) → abscheuliche Art, Abscheulichkeit f; we were shocked by the awfulness of it all → wir waren von der Schrecklichkeit or Furchtbarkeit des Ganzen überwältigt