direfulness
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Direfulness — Direful Dire ful, a. [Dire + ful.] Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direful fiend; a direful day. {Dire ful*ly}, adv. {Dire ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
direfulness — dire·ful·ness … English syllables
direfulness — noun see direful * * * direˈfulness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑dire … Useful english dictionary
direful — direfully, adv. direfulness, n. /duyeur feuhl/, adj. 1. dreadful; awful; terrible. 2. indicating trouble: direful forecasts. [1575 85; DIRE + FUL] * * * … Universalium
baseness — n 1. vileness, meanness, lowness, viciousness, badness; sordidness, ignobility, foulness, sinisterness, darkness, black heartedness; balefulness, dread fulness, direness, direfulness, grimness; malice, maleficence, invidiousness; wickedness,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
vileness — n 1. baseness, meanness, viciousness, lowness, badness; sordidness, ignobility, foulness, sinisterness, darkness, black heartedness; balefulness, dread fulness, direness, direfulness, grimness; wickedness, iniquity, nefariousness, flagitiousness … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
direful — /ˈdaɪəfʊl/ (say duyuhfool) adjective dreadful; awful; terrible. –direfully, adverb –direfulness, noun …
