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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And that is—there's one group that benefits from the images and the reality of the horribleness, and that's Hamas.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 July 2025
Noun
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No amount of gore or ghastliness is off limits for the series, produced by horror champions Blumhouse, as Nicole Kidman's titular medical examiner pores over the remains of the dead.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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During this period, Dhillon moved away from the Review’s gleeful offensiveness toward positions suggesting a more moderate conservatism.—
Quinta Jurecic,
The Atlantic,
13 Apr. 2026
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Still, outlandish offensiveness was the local dialect, even in real life.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
16 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The act, passed in 1965 during the ugliness that was America’s racial segregation, intended to guarantee Black Americans political representation after centuries of being relegated to the fringes of American society.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
25 May 2026
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None of the ugliness of World's Apart or Kaôh Rōng permeated the proceedings, even amongst all the lying and backstabbing.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 May 2026
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“Terribleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terribleness. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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