awfulness

Meaning

Noun

  • The state or quality of being awful.
  • The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence
  • The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence.

Origin

  • From Middle English aghfulnesse, equivalent to awful + -ness.

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