Terribility
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Terribility is a noun meaning The quality of being terrible.
Meaning
The quality of being terrible.
Example Sentences
VVhen I deſcend into my ſelf, and contemplat my moſt terrible horrible terribility, I can hardly hold my ſelf vvithin my ſelf; […]
What special affinities appeared to him to exist between the moon and woman? […] the terribility of her isolated dominant implacable resplendent propinquity: her omens of tempest and of calm: the stimulation of her light, her motion and her presence: the admonition of her craters, her arid seas, her silence: her splendour, when visible: her attraction, when invisible.
Word Forms
- terribilities
Synonyms for terribility
Depending on context, synonyms include terribleness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include terribleness, horribility, terrificness, horrendousness, horribleness, terror.
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