"dreadfulness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dreadfulnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English dredfulnesse, dredefulnesse, equivalent to dreadful + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dredfulnesse}} Middle English dredfulnesse, {{suf|en|dreadful|ness}} dreadful + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} dreadfulness (usually uncountable, plural dreadfulnesses)
  1. The characteristic of being dreadful. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-dreadfulness-en-noun-0y9nmHGc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

Inflected forms

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