Definitions for dreadful
ˈdrɛd fəldread·ful

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. 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"

2. 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"

3. dreadfuladjective

   very unpleasant

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dreadfulnoun

   A shocking or sensational crime.

2. dreadfulnoun

   A shocking or sensational report of a crime.

3. dreadfuladjective

   Causing dread; bad.

4. Etymology: From dredful, dredeful, equivalent to.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dreadfulnoun

   Terrible; frightful; formidable.

   Etymology: dread and full.

   Thy love, still arm’d with fate,
   Is dreadful as thy hate. George Granville.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dreadfuladjective

   full of dread or terror; fearful

2. Dreadfuladjective

   inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm

3. Dreadfuladjective

   inspiring awe or reverence; awful

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'dreadful' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3528

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'dreadful' in Adjectives Frequency: #777

How to pronounce dreadful?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say dreadful in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dreadful in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dreadful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of dreadful in a Sentence

1. Sophocles:

   How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong

2. Jamie Raskin:

   I picked a helluva time for take your daughter to work day, after an extremely long and dreadful day I was able to send Tabitha and Hank home after 9:30 or 10 p.m. I hugged them and said to Tabitha,' I promise it wouldn't be like this the next time you come to the Capitol.' And she said,' Dad there isn't gon na be a next time.'.

3. Tom Ballantyne:

   British Airways once stripped one of their Concordes back to bare bones after years of service and found British Airways was in perfect condition with no wear and tear at all, given British Airways gets proper restoration there shouldn't be any issue getting it passed by the regulators. While the plane did have that dreadful crash with Air France that's not why it was taken out of service.

4. William Blake:

   What seems to be, is, to those to whom it seems to be, and is productive of the most dreadful consequences to those to whom it seems to be, even of torments, despair, eternal death.

5. Timothy Flanigan:

   Ebola causes such intense fear because it is such a dreadful virus, i developed great admiration for the nurses and staff in the clinics that stayed open despite the fear.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dreadful
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dreadful
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=dreadful
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dreadful