Awfulness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Awfulness \Aw"ful*ness\, n.
     1. The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence;
        dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred
        place.
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              The awfulness of grandeur.            --Johnson.
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     2. The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity;
        profound reverence. [Obs.]
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              Producing in us reverence and awfulness. --Jer.
                                                    Taylor.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  awfulness
       n : a quality of extreme unpleasantness [syn: {dreadfulness}, {horridness},
            {terribleness}]