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Dreadful

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Definitions for Dreadful

adjective
causing fear or dread or terror
Synonyms
awful dire direful dread(a) dreaded fearful fearsome frightening horrendous horrific terrible
Examples
  1. the awful war
  2. an awful risk
  3. dire news
  4. a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
  5. the dread presence of the headmaster
  6. polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
  7. a dreadful storm
  8. a fearful howling
  9. horrendous explosions shook the city
  10. a terrible curse
adjective
exceptionally bad or displeasing
Synonyms
atrocious abominable awful painful terrible unspeakable
Examples
  1. atrocious taste
  2. abominable workmanship
  3. an awful voice
  4. dreadful manners
  5. a painful performance
  6. terrible handwriting
  7. an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
adjective
extremely disagreeable and unpleasant
Examples
  1. don't go out, the weather is dreadful

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