awfulness

Noun

aw=ful=ness

WORDNET DICTIONARY

awfulness(n = noun.attribute) dreadfulness, horridness, terribleness - a quality of extreme unpleasantness; Array

is a kind of unpleasantness

has particulars: frightfulness

Derived forms adjective awful₂, adjective awful₁, adjective awful₃

awfulness, n.

The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place. [1913 Webster]
"The awfulness of grandeur." [1913 Webster]
The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence. [1913 Webster]
"Producing in us reverence and awfulness." [1913 Webster]