Random word

Awfulness is an English word with synonyms like terribleness or unpleasantness. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

Rare word

Awfulness in a sentence

Awfulness meaning

  1. The state or quality of being awful.
  2. The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence
  3. The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence.

Synonyms of Awfulness

dreadfulness horridness terribleness unpleasantness

Related words

Other words often associated with Awfulness or its synonyms:

pain quality pleasantness

Using Awfulness

  • The main meaning on this page is: The state or quality of being awful. | The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence | The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence.
  • Useful related words include: dreadfulness, horridness, terribleness, unpleasantness.
  • In the example corpus, awfulness often appears in combinations such as: awfulness of, the awfulness, of awfulness.

Context around Awfulness

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

plain 1× deliberate 1× evident 1×

Often after:

occurred 1× car 1×

Sentence patterns with Awfulness

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

about the awfulness of that 1× degrees of awfulness 1× highlights the awfulness the plain 1× its deliberate awfulness also makes 1× kyle s awfulness is unquestionable 1× moore s awfulness 1× myself for awfulness 1× pile of awfulness 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

but nan s 1× elf bowling the 1× halena grabbed my 1× he s worried 1× let us not 1× reading this police 1×

Common sentence endings:

awfulness of trump 1× degrees of awfulness 1× it quite entertaining 1× moore s awfulness 1× myself for awfulness 1× of that product 1×

Words around Awfulness

Just before it in the word index:

awfully 119 awful 992 awf 4 aweys 3 awex 3 awet 2

Just after it in the word index:

awg 15 awgbu 2 awgn 6 awgu 4 awhad 8 awhen 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 16 abada 16 abbottabad 16 abdulkareem 16 abha 16 abominations 16

Corpus analysis for Awfulness

  • In this selection, "awfulness" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, plain, deliberate, evident, occurred and car stand out and add context to how "awfulness" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include about the awfulness of that and degrees of awfulness. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "awfulness" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with awfulness

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

That bargain required ignoring an ever-growing pile of awfulness. (10 words)

Halena grabbed my arm, and I braced myself for awfulness. (10 words)

He's worried about the "drip by drips" reveals of Moore's awfulness. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

Elf Bowling: The Movie lives up to its unbelievable title in hilariously awful fashion, as the crude animation style and indecipherable plot make it one of the worst game adaptations, even if its deliberate awfulness also makes it quite entertaining. (40 words)

Reading this police chief’s empathy for this young white man highlights the awfulness — the plain awfulness — of the persistent refusal to extend this empathy to young black people,” Ifill added. (31 words)

That's what Trump's opponents crave most of all: the tacit unanimous affirmation by all Americans of the self-evident awfulness of Trump. (24 words)

Example sentences (12)

Reading this police chief’s empathy for this young white man highlights the awfulness — the plain awfulness — of the persistent refusal to extend this empathy to young black people,” Ifill added.

Elf Bowling: The Movie lives up to its unbelievable title in hilariously awful fashion, as the crude animation style and indecipherable plot make it one of the worst game adaptations, even if its deliberate awfulness also makes it quite entertaining.

Let us not forget that this awfulness occurred just over two hundred years ago, three generations ago.

And I still wake up screaming from nightmares about the awfulness of that product.

It’s a promise that there will be day when things are better after so much awfulness.

Star Trek Nemesis, the Argo, and everything that calls back to either is tainted with awfulness, car or no car.

That bargain required ignoring an ever-growing pile of awfulness.

That's what Trump's opponents crave most of all: the tacit unanimous affirmation by all Americans of the self-evident awfulness of Trump.

Advertentie

But Nan's triumph is never in question, and Kyle's awfulness is unquestionable, so there are no stakes or tension to this tale.

He's worried about the "drip by drips" reveals of Moore's awfulness.

Halena grabbed my arm, and I braced myself for awfulness.

When dealing with House Republicans these days, it’s usually a case of degrees of awfulness.

Advertentie

Common combinations with awfulness

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "awfulness" in a sentence?
An example: "Reading this police chief’s empathy for this young white man highlights the awfulness — the plain awfulness — of the persistent refusal to extend this empathy to young black people,” Ifill added." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "awfulness" from authentic English texts.
What does "awfulness" mean?
Awfulness means: The state or quality of being awful.
What are synonyms of "awfulness"?
Common synonyms of "awfulness" include: dreadfulness, horridness, terribleness, unpleasantness.
How many example sentences with "awfulness" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "awfulness", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.