How many syllables in dreadfulness?

There are 3 syllables in the word dreadfulness.

Divide dreadfulness into syllables:

dreadfulness (adjective):: inspiring dread (see dread entry 2 sense 1a) causing great and oppressive fear

agony

anguish

atrociousness

atrocity

awfulness

badness

baseness

disagreeableness

evil

evilness

fearfulness

foulness

frightfulness

ghastliness

grimness

grisliness

gruesomeness

heinousness

hellishness

hideousness

horridness

horror

loathsomeness

misery

monstrosity

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