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horrificness

horrificness noun: the quality of being horrific.

Noun

horrificness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being horrific.
    • Everything is absolutely still, air and water are stagnant. A large Dytiscus beetle rises to the surface to breathe and every now and then large bubbles of marsh gas come sailing majestically up from the depth and explode quietly into the fetid air. The horrificness of this place impressed me even...1919 March 31, W[ilhelm] N[ero] P[ilate] Barbellion [pseudonym; Bruce Frederick Cummings], “[[1915] May 27.] The Pool: A Retrospect”, in The Journal of a Disappointed Man, London: Chatto & Windus...
    • I suppose the last thing someone in my nervous state needed was caffeine, but that didn’t stop me from hitting the ’Bucks with Madison and Paige before school the next morning for a soothing Chai latte. Something told me that was the only soothing I’d be having, at least until stolen-paper-culprit...2009 January 27, Micol Ostow, “Chock-full o’ OMG”, in GoldenGirl (A Bradford Novel), New York, N.Y.: Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 136

Examples of horrificness in a sentence

  • The horrificness of this place impressed me even when I was intent only on fishing there for bugs and efts.1919 March 31, W[ilhelm] N[ero] P[ilate] Barbellion [pseudonym; Bruce Frederick Cummings], “[[1915] May 27.] The Pool: A Retrospect”, in...
  • Something told me that was the only soothing I’d be having, at least until stolen-paper-culprit had been identified and the horrificness had been resolved.2009 January 27, Micol Ostow, “Chock-full o’ OMG”, in GoldenGirl (A Bradford Novel), New York, N.Y.: Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 136:
  • Lurching bolt upright, the room spinning in all its lilac horrificness, I remembered Tioman, and the flight that was booked – the daily flight, the only flight.2016, Rosie Blake, chapter 15, in How to Find Your (First) Husband, London: Corvus, →ISBN, page 129:

Synonyms of horrificness

Origin of horrificness

From horrific + -ness.

Questions about horrificness

What does horrificness mean?
Horrificness means the quality of being horrific.
How do you use horrificness in a sentence?
The horrificness of this place impressed me even when I was intent only on fishing there for bugs and efts.
What part of speech is horrificness?
Horrificness is a noun.

Words near horrificness in the dictionary

  1. horrificating
  2. horrification
  3. horrifications
  4. horrificity
  5. horrifick
  6. horrificness
  7. horrified
  8. horrifiedly
  9. horrifier
  10. horrifiers
  11. horrifies

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