Plural form of direness; multiple instances or expressions of extreme seriousness or dreadfulness.
From 'direness' plus the regular English plural suffix '-es,' creating a plural noun.
Though grammatically valid, 'direnesses' is rarely used because we typically treat 'direness' as an uncountable abstract noun—you can't really have 'multiple dreadfulnesses'!
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