Hideousness
Hideousness noun - The quality of inspiring intense dread or dismay.
Usage example: the indescribable hideousness of the squalor in which the villagers are forced to live
Torment and hideousness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Torment" instead a noun "Hideousness".
Torment
Torment noun - A situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness.
Hideousness and torment are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hideousness" instead a noun "Torment".
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