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dreadness

dreadness noun: quality of being dread.

Noun

dreadness (uncountable)

  1. Quality of being dread.

Origin of dreadness

Either from Middle English drednesse or formed anew from dread + -ness; compare dreadedness.

Questions about dreadness

What does dreadness mean?
Dreadness means quality of being dread.
What part of speech is dreadness?
Dreadness is a noun.

Words near dreadness in the dictionary

  1. dreadly
  2. dreadmill
  3. dreadmills
  4. dreadnaught
  5. dreadnaughts
  6. dreadness
  7. dreadnought
  8. dreadnoughts
  9. dreads
  10. dreadsome
  11. dreadtalk

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