What does dreadful mean?
Definitions for dreadful
ˈdrɛd fəldread·ful
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word dreadful.
Princeton's WordNet
awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terribleadjective
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"
atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakableadjective
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"
dreadfuladjective
very unpleasant
Wiktionary
dreadfulnoun
A shocking or sensational crime.
dreadfulnoun
A shocking or sensational report of a crime.
dreadfuladjective
Causing dread; bad.
Etymology: From dredful, dredeful, equivalent to.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Dreadfulnoun
Terrible; frightful; formidable.
Etymology: dread and full.
Thy love, still arm’d with fate,
Is dreadful as thy hate. George Granville.
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dreadful
Dreadful is an adjective that describes something extremely bad, unpleasant, or upsetting, causing fear or great and intense concern. It is often used to refer to situations, events, or conditions that are particularly awful or causing great distress.
Webster Dictionary
Dreadfuladjective
full of dread or terror; fearful
Dreadfuladjective
inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm
Dreadfuladjective
inspiring awe or reverence; awful
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Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'dreadful' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3528
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'dreadful' in Adjectives Frequency: #777
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dreadful in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dreadful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of dreadful in a Sentence
After a dreadful December for risk markets, crude oil continues to catch a positive vibe.
There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man.
It's the point from which everything is measured. It fed the myth that Dresden was the innocent victim of a pointless war and hid the fact that it was a center of Nazism and a significant hub for making armaments, and while the bombing of Dresden was dreadful, it's crucial that without Sept. 1 1939, without Warsaw, Rotterdam, Coventry, London there wouldn't have been Dresden.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes in The Copper Beeches:
It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.
There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
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- مروعArabic
- ужасен, страшенBulgarian
- forfærdeligDanish
- furchtbar, schrecklichGerman
- terribleSpanish
- kauheaFinnish
- terrible, affreux, redoutableFrench
- sgriosailScottish Gaelic
- terribileItalian
- אָיוֹםHebrew
- vervaarlijkDutch
- dreadfulNorwegian
- hóyééʼNavajo, Navaho
- strasznyPolish
- terrível, temível, amedrontador, horrível, pavorosoPortuguese
- îngrozitorRomanian
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