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dreadfulness

dreadfulness noun: the characteristic of being dreadful.

Noun

dreadfulness (usually uncountable, plural dreadfulnesses)

  1. (usually) The characteristic of being dreadful.

dreadfulness meaning in Tamil and Urdu

dreadfulness in Tamil

வீமம்

dreadfulness in Urdu

دہشت ناکی, ہیبت ناکی, خوفناکی

Forms of dreadfulness

pluraldreadfulnesses

Origin of dreadfulness

From Middle English dredfulnesse, dredefulnesse, equivalent to dreadful + -ness.

Questions about dreadfulness

What does dreadfulness mean?
Dreadfulness means the characteristic of being dreadful.
What is dreadfulness in Tamil?
Dreadfulness in Tamil is வீமம். See Dreadfulness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dreadfulness?
Dreadfulness is a noun.
What is the plural of dreadfulness?
The plural of dreadfulness is dreadfulnesses.

Words near dreadfulness in the dictionary

  1. dreadful
  2. dreadfulest
  3. dreadfull
  4. dreadfullest
  5. dreadfully
  6. dreadfulness
  7. dreadfulnesses
  8. dreadfuls
  9. dreadhawk
  10. dreadhawks
  11. dreadhead

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dreadfulness (page history and authors); dreadfulness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dreadfulness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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