direnessn.
/ˈdʌɪənɪs/ The quality of being dire or of dreadful operation.
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the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [noun]
dreadnessa1175
ferdfulness1398
dreadfulnessc1440
terribility?1473
terrora1500
terriblenessa1533
diritya1600
direness1605
direfulnessa1656
dire1660
terrificness1727
tremendousness1727
fearsomeness1891
terribilità1923
terrifyingness1930
1605 B. Jonson Sejanus iv. sig. I2 What increasd the direnesse of the fact. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. v. 14 I haue supt full with horrors, Direnesse familiar to my slaughterous thoughts Cannot once start me. View more context for this quotation
1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. vi. 267 Direness of this kind cannot once daunt me.
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- mass suicide
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- mass time
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