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terribleness

noun

  1. a condition of terror or dread
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Old French terriblebor. Middle English terrible English terrible Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English terribleness From terrible + -ness.

  1. The characteristic of being terrible.