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List of meaning for dreadful

extremely terrible or awful

awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible(adj)

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"

atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable(adj)

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"

dreadful(adj)

very unpleasant

causing fear

a dreadful hurricane

causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment

a dreadful performance of a beautiful piece of music

extremely disturbing or repellent

dreadful news of a crime wave in the neighborhood

extreme in degree, power, or effect

the dreadful heat of the desert

having no exceptions or restrictions

made a dreadful mess of his first marriage

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