horribleness

as inunpleasantness

Synonyms for horribleness

noun disagreeableness

Antonyms for horribleness

Word Origin & History

c.1300, from Old French horrible, orrible (12c.) "horrible, repugnant, terrifying," from Latin horribilis "terrible, fearful, dreadful," from horrere "to bristle with fear, shudder" (see horror). Used as a mere intensifier from mid-15c.

Example Sentences for horribleness

It looked so nice and comfortable, compared with the horribleness outside.

Amidst the horribleness of the dead, the men fought and lived.

The horribleness of thus bidding for Bethulah flashed on me even as I spoke.

He knew they spoke of the horribleness of death; but what was the cold script to the actuality?

Cain's words therefore are here to be understood affirmatively, and they show the horribleness of his despair.

But somehow the blind men themselves seldom seem to be overwhelmed by its horribleness.

If I have one horror on earth which transcends all other horrors in horribleness, that horror is—pirates.

He could not tell what fears had crowded upon him—they were indistinct in their horribleness—but some of them had already flown.

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More words related to horribleness

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