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horrificality

horrificality noun: the quality of being horrifical.

Noun

horrificality (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The quality of being horrifical.
    • 9:00, WMAQ—Horrible Horace, the Heidt of Horrificality.1938 August 7, “[Radio] Sunday On the Air”, in The Hammond Times, volume XXXIII, number 42, Hammond, Ind., page ten, column 1
    • PARENTS ARE continually querying me about the suitability of current movies for their children. Most are questioning on the grounds of morality or horrificality, but there are a few who only want to know if the child will find it edifying in some form or other.1962 December 27, Milton R. Bass, “The Lively Arts”, in The Berkshire Eagle, volume 71, number 198, Pittsfield, Mass., page 8, column 1

Examples of horrificality in a sentence

  • Fascinated, yes, by the sheer deadliness of the creature, by its excessive horrificality.1992 October, Robert Silverberg, “Hunters in the Forest”, in Byron Preiss, Robert Silverberg, et al., editors, The Ultimate Dinosaur: Past...
  • And then there’s just the pure horrificality of sites like this one, which are about boobs.2008 August 11, Marke B., “Photo Issue: Molly Decoudreaux looks beneath the nightlife”, in San Francisco Bay Guardian, via 48 Hills...

Synonyms of horrificality

Origin of horrificality

From horrifical + -ity.

Questions about horrificality

What does horrificality mean?
Horrificality means the quality of being horrifical.
How do you use horrificality in a sentence?
Fascinated, yes, by the sheer deadliness of the creature, by its excessive horrificality.
What part of speech is horrificality?
Horrificality is a noun.

Words near horrificality in the dictionary

  1. horridsome
  2. Horries
  3. horrifiable
  4. horrific
  5. horrifical
  6. horrificality
  7. horrifically
  8. horrificating
  9. horrification
  10. horrifications
  11. horrificity

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