as in dreadfulness
the quality of inspiring intense dread or dismay
imagine the horridness of not being able to escape from the path of lava spewing from a volcano
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Noun
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In December, the official 28 Years trailer earned the second most views in the first 24 hours after its release of any horror movie trailer ever, behind only the trailer for 2019’s It Chapter Two.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
16 June 2025 -
In that sense, this lasting legacy of this really good horror movie may well prove to be the shot-in-the-arm given to the blues.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
16 June 2025
Noun
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Throughout, the novel chips away at its foundational questions: Does there exist a punishment equal to the atrocity of killing one’s child?—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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The story of the atrocity is still being unearthed 140 years later.—
Stephen Miller,
Bluesky Social,
5 June 2025
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“Horridness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horridness. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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