Definition of "awfulness" []

• The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place. (noun)
• The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence. (noun)

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• "It was so awful, the only thing I can liken it to, in terms of shear awfulness, is severe food poisoning."
• "The only ones that approach it in awfulness are Eric Saward's novelisation of The Twin Dilemma and Topping's Telos novella Ghost Ship."
• "This awfulness is par for the course for Spike TV."