Hypertext Webster Gateway: "terribleness"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Terrible \Ter"ri*ble\, a. [F., fr. L. terribilis, fr. terrere to
frighten. See {Terror}.]
1. Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread;
dreadful; formidable.

Prudent in peace, and terrible in war. --Prior.

Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the Lord
thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.
--Deut. vii.
21.

2. Excessive; extreme; severe. [Colloq.]

The terrible coldness of the season. --Clarendon.

Syn: Terrific; fearful; frightful; formidable; dreadful;
horrible; shocking; awful. -- {Ter"ri*ble*ness}, n. --
{Ter"ri*bly}, adv.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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

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