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Dreadful

Dreadful Meaning & Definition
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

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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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