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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Yet whenever Bunny turns away from Frank to take a call from one of his underlings about the day-to-day violence and ugliness of their industry, a somewhat disdainful look passes across Frank’s face.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
9 Nov. 2025
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There is, however, a capitalist critique baked into their surface-level ugliness.—
Andy Crump,
Time,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Terribleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terribleness. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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