Definition of awfulness | Bee Dictionary of English

But somehow his low cunning and bewitching awfulness make him and this novel perfectly irresistible.
Self's spectacular lusts, his raw craving for money, sex and stimulants, his low cunning, his sheer, bewitching awfulnesssomehow it all makes him perfectly irresistible.
As for the case of Andrea Yates, it seems to me an awfulness that somehow drifts outside the limits or the relevance of justicea failure of nature, like the scrambled .

Mets commit consecutive throwing errors, hilarity ensues
The Mets won on Sunday, so all is forgiven. However, had they lost, their fifth inning awfulness afield would have been to blame. We're going to have to take this one step by mistake-ridden step, folks.
June 17, 2013 - Philly.com
Ten Foot Mailbag: The Best Thing About Being A Chicago Sports Fan
Chicago has dealt with enough awfulness that I feel we have more fans in this town that “get it;” “it” being, yeah, losing sucks, but I don’t have to look at this as just a black and white, did they win or did they lose issue.
June 14, 2013 - CBS Chicago
Ranking the Worst Matches Ever to Air on Monday Night Raw
Let's face it: Over the years, some absolutely abysmal matches have aired on Raw. Hilariously bad botches, horrible celebrity impersonators, kayfabe-breaking and JR's BBQ Sauce...it's all in here. And it's not pretty. Factoring in every match's awfulness, as well as how (un)fondly it is remembered by wrestling fans, here's a list of the worst bouts to ever air on WWE's flagship show. Enter if ...
June 13, 2013 - Bleacher Report

Prince Charles in AFP
Charles said millions of small farmers around the world could be driven off their land into "degraded and dysfunctional conurbations of unmentionable awfulness" by the rise of global conglomerates.
Lily Allen in PopMatters
My brother got really (mad) and it just caused a lot of awfulness between us,Allen says. "We're past it now, but I'll definitely think twice about writing about family members again."
Simon Cowell in CBS News
When you celebrate awfulness it puts you in a slightly uncomfortable position,Cowell said then, adding he was nervous "that we're going to get people coming on the show next year that want to be bad."