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terribleness

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ter·ri·ble  (tr-bl)
adj.
1. Causing great fear or alarm; dreadful: a terrible bolt of lightning; a terrible curse.
2. Extremely formidable: terrible responsibilities.
3. Extreme in extent or degree; intense: "the life for which he had paid so terrible a price" (Leslie Fiedler).
4.
a. Unpleasant; disagreeable: had a terrible time at the party; terrible food.
b. Very bad: a terrible actor.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin terribilis, from terrre, to frighten.]
terri·ble·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.terribleness - a quality of extreme unpleasantness
awfulness, dreadfulness, horridness
unpleasantness - the quality of giving displeasure; "the recent unpleasantness of the weather"
frightfulness - the quality of being frightful
Translations
terribleness
n → Schrecklichkeit f, → Fürchterlichkeit f


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But he loved the work because it was for her and the tiny life that had come to cheer them, though adding a hundredfold to his responsibilities and to the terribleness of their situation.
Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
The scene was fascinating in its terribleness, but suddenly it came to me that we were wasting valuable time watching this conflict, which in itself might prove a means of our escape.
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It was not in the ingratiating tone of the habitual beggar: it had come out of the depths of the poor creature's sorrow, vibrating with pity for their youth and despair at the terribleness of human life; it had the anguish of a voice of prophecy.
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