horribleness

Definition of horriblenessnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horribleness
Noun
  • Catullus’s work shows us ourselves, in all our three-dimensional goodness and terribleness, and sometimes this vision, in 2025, comes as a fun vindication.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The push came amid concerns about the offensiveness of the name.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2025
  • There was a Lynchian quality to the podcast, a fun-house-size absurdism that offset its overt offensiveness.
    Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • And as the book went on there was more and more ugliness.
    Akhil Sharma, New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Other actors with Abdul-Mateen’s wide smile, soft voice, and broad shoulders may have just leaned on their looks to cover up their character’s least-likable moments — as if gobs of charm in one scene can erase the ugliness glimpsed in others.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Horribleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horribleness. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.

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