grislinessn.
/ˈɡrɪzlɪnɪs/ The quality or condition of being grisly; horribleness, gruesomeness.
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the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being horrible > [noun]
horribility13..
grisliness1340
gastfulness1398
horribleness1398
grisliheada1400
hidoustyc1420
hidour1422
ugliness1587
ghastliness1591
horridnessa1631
horriditya1641
frightfulness1713
gruesomeness1886
macabrec1920
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 2310 Ne swa sleygh payntur never nan was..Þat couthe ymagyn of þair gryslynes.
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Harl.) ⁋790 Þey schuln haue..hunger and þurst and grislines of deueles þat schul alto-tere hem wiþout respit. [Cf. grimness n.]
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. vii. sig. Mm4 That ill-agreeing musicke, which was beautified with the griselinesse of wounds [etc.].
1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 131 G. What, is she so loathsome? L. More than grislenes or hell it selfe.
1631 R. Bolton Instr. Right Comf. Affl. Consciences 307 Hee..addes more grisselinesse to his many hatefull transgressions.
1867 W. D. Howells Ital. Journeys 209 All the horrors for which we had come were then in perfect grisliness.
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