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awfulness
English
Etymology
From Middle English aghfulnesse, equivalent to awful +? -ness.
Noun
awfulness (usually uncountable, plural awfulnesses)
- The state or quality of being awful.
- 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, "Characters," [1]
- Out came old Teenie, buzzing mad as a whole nest of wasps. Muttered awfulnesses came from her great padded bonnet.
- 1961, Peter De Vries, The Blood of the Lamb, Penguin, 1982, Chapter 3, p. 36,
- "Why is the awfulness of families such a popular reason for starting another?"
- 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, "Characters," [1]
- The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence
- Synonyms: dreadfulness, solemnity
- 1823, Thomas de Quincey, "On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth" in On Murder, edited by Robert Morrison, Oxford World's Classics, 2006, p. 3,
- […] the knocking at the gate, which succeeds to the murder of Duncan, produced to my feelings an effect for which I could never account: the effect was—that it reflected back upon the murder a peculiar awfulness and a depth of solemnity […]
- the awfulness of this sacred place
- The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence.
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hardship
English
Etymology
From Middle English hardshipe, equivalent to hard +? -ship.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?h??d???p/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h??d???p/
- Hyphenation: hard?ship
Noun
hardship (countable and uncountable, plural hardships)
- Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
Antonyms
- softship
Translations
Verb
hardship (third-person singular simple present hardships, present participle hardshipping, simple past and past participle hardshipped)
- (transitive) To treat (a person) badly; to subject to hardships.
- 1969, Tract Series (issues 96-129, page 529)
- […] an adjustment of the income tax could easily produce the twenty millions without hardshipping any industrious person in the community […]
- 1969, Tract Series (issues 96-129, page 529)
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