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adjectivecausing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible: a dreadful storm. inspiring awe or reverence. extremely bad, unpleasant, or ugly: dreadful cooking; a dreadful hat. noun British.penny dreadful. a periodical given to highly sensational matter. Origin of dreadfulFirst recorded in 1175–1225, dreadful is from the Middle English word dredful.See dread, -ful SYNONYMS FOR dreadfulSEE SYNONYMS FOR dreadful ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM dreadfuldread·ful·ness, nounquasi-dreadful, adjectivequa·si-dread·ful·ly, adverbWords nearby dreadfuldrayman, Drayton, drch., D.R.E., dread, dreadful, dreadfully, dreadlocks, dreadnought, dream, Dream Act Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dreadfulShe is a threat to its isolation, its purity, and its unknowable and dreadful secrets. Gothic novels are obsessed with borders. Mexican Gothic takes full advantage.|Constance Grady|October 16, 2020|Vox If there were to be any sort of silver lining to dreadful circumstances, this was it. Hammerly isn’t ready to give up on theater|Patrick Folliard|August 20, 2020|Washington Blade Toronto’s offense checks in just outside the top 10 for the full season, and it’s been dreadful during the restart. The Raptors’ Defense Is Almost Never The Same, But It’s Always Really Good|Jared Dubin|August 17, 2020|FiveThirtyEight He looked, that dreadful afternoon, as if he had just come from his barber, tailor and haberdasher. The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire|H.L. Mencken|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the novel, the moral situation Frances ends up in is dreadful. Sarah Waters: Queen of the Tortured Lesbian Romance|Tim Teeman|September 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST Any of the three on its own would have been dreadful enough. American Statesmanship Is Depressingly MIA on Border Kids, MH17 & Gaza|Michael Tomasky|July 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST As a result, reporting and public expectations suffered a dreadful, anti-climatic slump. Who Gagged the Search for MH370?|Clive Irving|June 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST The job market in philosophy went from awful to dreadful starting in 2008 and has never really recovered. The Cost of Raising a Special Needs Son|Elizabeth Picciuto|June 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST I learned later that he had implored the Superior on his knees not to lay this dreadful command upon him, but all in vain. The Monk and The Hangman's Daughter|Adolphe Danziger De Castro and Ambrose Bierce I am sure, from that poor woman's dreadful death, that something terrible has occurred, perhaps to Lady Rookwood. Rookwood|William Harrison Ainsworth I am glad at least that I have removed that dreadful woman out of your path, said Lady Frances. A Very Naughty Girl|L. T. Meade It would no doubt be a dreadful risk, and before she went to sleep again she had almost decided to give up the plan altogether. Penelope and the Others|Amy Walton Not for a moment did she appear to realize the dreadful mistake she had made. A Lover in Homespun|F. Clifford Smith
British Dictionary definitions for dreadful
adjectiveextremely disagreeable, shocking, or badwhat a dreadful play (intensifier)this is a dreadful waste of time causing dread; terrifying archaic inspiring awe Derived forms of dreadfuldreadfulness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to dreadfulatrocious, horrific, ghastly, horrendous, abominable, distressing, tremendous, alarming, monstrous, terrific, rotten, tragic, hideous, grievous, shameful, dire, awful, grim, terrible, appalling |