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noun
The quality of arousing fear or distress.
synonym: seriousness.
is a specific kind of: badness, severeness, severity.
derivation: dangerous, grave, grievous, life-threatening, serious, severe | distressful, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying.
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