Definition of dreadful Dreadful
/dɹɛˈdfʌl/ - [dredful] - dread•ful
We found 11 definitions of dreadful from 5 different sources.
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Adjectivedreadful, dreadfuller, dreadfullest |
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| dreadful - very unpleasant | ||
| unpleasant disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors" | ||
| dreadful - 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" | ||
| atrocious, abominable, awful, painful, terrible, unspeakable | ||
| bad feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night" | ||
| dreadful - 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" | ||
| awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible | ||
| alarming frightening because of an awareness of danger | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- dreadful (a.)
Full of dread or terror; fearful. - dreadful (a.)
Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm. - dreadful (a.)
Inspiring awe or reverence; awful.
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dreadful
Causing dread; very bad.
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🔤- dreadful, noun, singular of dreadfuls.
- dreadful, adjective.
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