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Dreadful

Dreadful Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dreadful? [adj] causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse" [adj] exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" [adj] very unpleasant Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dreadful: abominable \| alarming \| atrocious \| awful \| bad \| dire \| direful \| dread(a) \| dreaded \| fearful \| fearsome \| frightening \| horrendous \| horrific \| painful \| terrible \| unpleasant \| unspeakable Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dreadful: abominable \| alarming \| appalling \| arrant \| astounding \| atrocious \| august \| awe-inspiring \| awesome \| awful \| awfully \| bad \| baneful \| base \| beastly \| beneath contempt \| big \| Bildungsroman \| blameworthy \| brutal \| comic novel \| contemptible \| damned \| deadly \| demonic \| deplorable \| despicable \| detective novel \| detestable \| devilish \| diabolical \| dime novel \| dire \| direful \| disgusting \| dread \| dreaded \| dreadfully \| egregious \| enormous \| epistolary novel \| erotic novel \| estimable \| evil \| exceedingly \| feared \| fearful \| fearsome \| fell \| fetid \| fiendish \| filthy \| flagitious \| flagrant \| forbidding \| formidable \| foul \| frightening \| frightful \| fulsome \| ghastly \| ghoulish \| Gothic novel \| grievous \| grim \| grisly \| gross \| gruesome \| hateful \| heinous \| hideous \| historical novel \| honorable \| horrendous \| horrible \| horrid \| horrific \| horrifying \| howling \| infamous \| iniquitous \| lamentable \| loathsome \| lousy \| macabre \| malefic \| maleficent \| malevolent \| monstrous \| morbid \| nasty \| nefarious \| noisome \| notorious \| nouvelle \| novel \| novel of character \| novel of ideas \| novel of incident \| novel of manners \| novel of sensibility \| novelette \| novella \| obnoxious \| odious \| offensive \| outrageous \| penny dreadful \| picaresque novel \| pitiable \| pitiful \| pornographic novel \| problem novel \| proletarian novel \| propaganda novel \| psychological novel \| rank \| rattling \| redoubtable \| regional novel \| regrettable \| remarkably \| repelling \| reprehensible \| repugnant \| repulsive \| reverend \| revolting \| river novel \| roman \| roman a clef \| roman-fleuve \| rotten \| rousing \| sad \| satirical novel \| scandalous \| scary \| schlock \| schrecklich \| science-fiction novel \| scurvy \| sentimental novel \| shabby \| shameful \| shilling \| shilling shocker \| shocking \| shoddy \| short story \| short-short \| sociological novel \| sordid \| squalid \| storiette \| stream-of-consciousness novel \| strikingly \| terrible \| terrific \| thesis novel \| thumping \| time-honored \| too bad \| tragic \| tremendous \| unclean \| unspeakable \| venerable \| vignette \| vile \| villainous \| whacking \| wicked \| woeful \| worshipful \| worst \| worthless \| wretched See Also \| Dreadful In Webster's Dictionary \Dread"ful\, a. 1. Full of dread or terror; fearful. [Obs.] ``With dreadful heart.'' --Chaucer. 2. Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm. `` Dreadful gloom.'' --Milton. For all things are less dreadful than they seem. --Wordsworth. 3. Inspiring awe or reverence; awful. [Obs.] ``God's dreadful law.'' --Shak. Syn: Fearful; frightful; terrific; terrible; horrible; horrid; formidable; tremendous; awful; venerable. See {Frightful}.

Dreadful Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dreadful?

[adj] causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
[adj] exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
[adj] very unpleasant

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Dreadful In Webster's Dictionary

\Dread"ful\, a.
1. Full of dread or terror; fearful. [Obs.] ``With dreadful
   heart.'' --Chaucer.

2. Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible;
   as, a dreadful storm. `` Dreadful gloom.'' --Milton.

         For all things are less dreadful than they seem.
                                               --Wordsworth.

3. Inspiring awe or reverence; awful. [Obs.] ``God's dreadful
   law.'' --Shak.

Syn: Fearful; frightful; terrific; terrible; horrible;
     horrid; formidable; tremendous; awful; venerable. See
     {Frightful}.

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