dreadfulness

So well did Benita seem to understand Sanders that the Siren thinks his "dreadfulness" might have been oddly comforting at times.

Self-Styled Siren 2009

They're dispensed at frequent intervals by Diane Lane, who does better than anyone had a right to expect, since she is saddled with dialogue of exceptional dreadfulness.

A Grownup Look at Lennon as a 'Boy' Joe Morgenstern 2010

"Huh!" sneered the terrible one, with such dreadfulness of menace as to cause Whiskers and Fatty involuntarily to close their hands down on their cave-man's weapons.

THE PRINCESS 2010

If you pick up a copy of Marlene Zuk's brilliant, brilliantly titled SEX ON SIX LEGS expecting to find a Nature Channel-friendly book about the wonders or dreadfulness of the insect world, you might be a little bit disappointed.

Gee Henry: Book Review: Marlene Zuk's 'Sex on Six Legs' Gee Henry 2011

The problem is that we've all learned to tolerate a level of overpaid, institutionalised corporate dreadfulness that no one actually likes but everyone meekly accepts because we've all been told that blockbuster movies have to be stupid to survive.

Mark Kermode: How to make an intelligent blockbuster and not alienate people 2011

The US also avoided various forms of dreadfulness in the British Empire in the 1800s, like Irish and Indian famines.

Taxes, Independence, and Canada, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

The sound of the wind adds to the dreadfulness. (via Japundit)

Boing Boing 2009

We must stick it out until the bitter end despite the dreadfulness of it all.

kateelliott: The Lame Phase kateelliott 2009

An interesting book touching both on aristocratic privilege and on dreadfulness in 1800s Ireland is _The Reason Why_.

Taxes, Independence, and Canada, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

We must stick it out until the bitter end despite the dreadfulness of it all.

Bo Obama kateelliott 2009