horrificality
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "9:00, WMAQ—Horrible Horace, the Heidt of Horrificality."
- "PARENTS ARE continually querying me about the suitability of current movies for their children. Most are questioning on the grounds of morality or horrificality, but there are a few who only want to know if the child will find it edifying in some form or other."
- "He is astonished to discover that even now, facing this embodiment of death, he is not at all afraid. Fascinated, yes, by the sheer deadliness of the creature, by its excessive horrificality."
- "> But this whole discussion assumes that "ISO C" will solve the problems > of portability, which is not the case. A study of the Inform source will > demonstrate some of the challenges involved in writing portable C, Most notably, the horrificity[1] of allocating RAM on various platforms. […] [1] That's a word now. Perhaps. It's better than horrificality would have been, anyway."
- "It’s hopeless to ignore the incredible explosion of nightlife photography that’s happened on the Web and in art schools these past few years. […] On the one hand, there’s incredible creativity being documented instantaneously and available to all — even in Djibouti, fantastic weirdos need never feel alone. On the other, there’s the sense that mere dressing up for the ever-present cameras has replaced actual self-expression. Misshapes! Cobra Snakes! Blue States Lose! And then there’s just the pure horrificality of sites like this one, which are about boobs. Par-T&A!"
Etymology
From horrifical + -ity.