Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

appallingness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ap-palling-ness
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being appalling.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The appallingness of the idea of murder, the appallingness of this murder, does not shake Hamlet to his soul and does not haunt him later. The deep damnation of the taking off is felt as only one of a series of horrors."

Etymology

From appalling + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: appalling

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does appallingness mean?: The quality of being appalling.
Where does appallingness come from?: From appalling + -ness.

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