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direfulness

direfulness noun: quality of being direful.

Noun

direfulness (uncountable)

  1. Quality of being direful.
    • the direfulness of Hell

Origin of direfulness

From direful + -ness.

Questions about direfulness

What does direfulness mean?
Direfulness means quality of being direful.
What part of speech is direfulness?
Direfulness is a noun.

Words near direfulness in the dictionary

  1. directrix
  2. directrixes
  3. directs
  4. direful
  5. direfully
  6. direfulness
  7. direly
  8. dirempt
  9. dirempted
  10. dirempting
  11. diremption

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