Word: dreadfulness
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: dread
ful
ness
Definition: The characteristic of being dreadful.
Morphemes:
Affix: dread
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Terrible; greatly feared; dreaded.
Affix: -ful
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns. Full of, tending to, or thoroughly possessing the quality expressed by the noun.
Affix: -ness
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being (the adjective); the quality of being (the adjective)", or "the measure of being (the adjective)".