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Dreadfulness

The quality of being dreadful.

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Frightfulness 76% connected

The quality of being frightful.

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Dreadful 74% connected

Full of dread or terror; fearful.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dreadful 74% connected

Full of dread or terror; fearful.

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Awfulness 92% connected

The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Horridness 92% connected

The quality of being horrid.

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Quality noun · 85% connection

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare

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Water noun · 85% connection

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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Wetland noun · 85% connection

a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Convention noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionalism noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionality noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Fertility noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Prolificacy noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Rankness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Richness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Ability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

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Accuracy noun · 84% connection

(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much grea…

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Adequacy noun · 84% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 84% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Appearance noun · 84% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Bad noun · 84% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Believability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Fenland noun · 84% connection

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…

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Astonishment noun · 78% connection

The overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of s…

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Awe noun · 78% connection

The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solem…

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Dearn adjective · 78% connection

Secret; lonely; solitary; dreadful.

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Death verb · 78% connection

Anything so dreadful as to be like death.

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Dire superl. · 78% connection

Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.

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Direful adjective · 78% connection

Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direful fiend; a direful day.

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Dread adjective · 78% connection

Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.

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Dreadfully adverb · 78% connection

In a dreadful manner; terribly.

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Dreadly adjective · 78% connection

Dreadful.

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Fearful adjective · 78% connection

Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.

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Ghastly superl. · 78% connection

Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.

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Grisly adjective · 78% connection

Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter.

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