† dreadableadj.
Obsolete.
To be dreaded, dreadful.
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the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [adjective]
eislichc888
eyesfulOE
awfulc1175
smarta1200
ferlya1225
sternc1275
grisea1300
uglya1300
dreadfula1325
fell?c1335
stout1338
perilousc1380
terriblec1400
ghastfulc1449
timorous1455
epouventable1477
bedreadc1485
dreadablec1490
dreadc1540
buggisha1555
dreaded1556
monster-like1561
dire1567
scareful1567
terrifying1577
scary1582
direful1583
affrighting1592
dismal1594
affrightful1603
diral1606
tirable1607
frighting1619
scaring1641
affrighteninga1651
formidolous1656
terrific1667
terrifical1677
atrocious1733
terrorful1789
orful1845
lurid1850
terrorsome1890
turble1893
timorsome1894
like the wrath of God1936
c1490 Manner to live sig. V iij in W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1846) I. p. clvj (note) Sorowful and dreydabyl fygurys.
1503 tr. Kalendayr Shyppars sig. giv Qwen that cum the iugement dredabyl.
1516 tr. Kalender of Shepeherdes (new ed.) sig. Ti At the sownynge of the dredable horne.
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