as in dreadfulness
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Recent Examples of terribleness
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.
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Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for terribleness
Noun
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The push came amid concerns about the offensiveness of the name.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Oct. 2025
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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
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But friends of mine who are pastors privately admit that ugliness has found a home in the hearts of many of those who claim to be followers of Jesus.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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But the downside of hardcore wrestling fans is all the internet wrestling ugliness (and burner accounts) that makes the IWC tick.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Terribleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terribleness. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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