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Maybe for those under 30, the terribleness of everything also plays a role.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

“We live in this world of unguarded terribleness and unguarded cruelty,” he said.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2023

Distracting us from impeachment proceedings has been the all-around terribleness of Tom Hooper’s film version of Broadway’s now-and-forever show “Cats,” which features an array of creepily anthropomorphized felines.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2019

And you have to kind of be like “this is terrible right now. I’m gonna feel the terribleness of it, but this isn’t going to last forever.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2018

The whole afternoon, he had gone on and on, trying to make Fielding see how things were, the terribleness of both present and future.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill