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1. (adj.) dreadful
causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible:
a dreadful storm.
2. dreadful
inspiring awe or reverence.
3. dreadful
extremely bad, unpleasant, or ugly:
a dreadful scandal.
Etymology: (1175–1225)
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| Definition of 'dreadful' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible
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"
2. (adj) atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable
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"
3. (adj) dreadful
very unpleasant
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1. (adjective) dreadful
very bad; = awful, terrible
a dreadful smell; The play was dreadful.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) dreadful
full of dread or terror; fearful
2. (adj) dreadful
inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm
3. (adj) dreadful
inspiring awe or reverence; awful
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Sense: terrible
a dreadful accident.
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 Afrikaans: vreeslike |
 Arabic: مُخيف، مُرْعِب |
 Bulgarian: ужасен |
 Brazilian: terrível |
 Czech: děsný, strašlivý |
 German: furchtbar |
 Danish: frygtelig |
 Greek: τρομερός |
 Spanish: terrible |
 Estonian: kohutav |
 Farsi: وحشتناک |
 Finnish: kauhistuttava |
 French: épouvantable |
 Hebrew: מַחֲרִיד |
 Hindi: भयावह |
 Croatian: stravično, grozno |
 Hungarian: szörnyű |
 Indonesian: mengerikan |
 Icelandic: hræðilegur |
 Italian: spaventoso |
 Japanese: 恐ろしい |
 Korean: 굉장히 무서운 |
 Lithuanian: baisus, siaubingas |
 Latvian: briesmīgs; šausmīgs |
 Malay: teruk |
 Dutch: vreselijk |
 Norwegian: fryktelig, fryktet, fæl |
 Polish: straszny |
 Persian: وحشتناک |
 Pashto: وحشتناك |
 Portuguese: terrível |
 Romanian: groaznic |
 Russian: ужасный |
 Slovak: strašný |
 Slovenian: strašen |
 Serbian: užasan |
 Swedish: fruktansvärd |
 Thai: น่าสะพรึงกลัว |
 Turkish: korkunç, müthiş |
 Taiwanese: 可怕的 |
 Ukrainian: жахливий, страшний |
 Urdu: دہشت انگیز |
 Vietnamese: kinh hoàng |
 Chinese: 可怕的 |
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