| ADJECTIVE | all | dreadful, awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible | causing fear or dread or terror |
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| all | dreadful, atrocious, abominable, awful, painful, terrible, unspeakable | exceptionally bad or displeasing | |
| all | dreadful | extremely disagreeable and unpleasant |
| Sounds | dreh'dfahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | Causing fear or dread or terror. | |
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| Example | "a dreadful storm" | |
| Synonyms | awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible | |
| Broader | alarming | Frightening because of an awareness of danger |
| Spanish | alarmante, calamitoso, espantosa, espantoso, fatal, horrendo, horrible, horrorosa, horroroso, pavoroso, sobrecogedor, temible, temido, terrible, tremendo | |
| Catalan | alarmant, calamitós, esfereïdor, espantós, esparverador, fatal, horrible, horripilant, horrorós, paorós, temible, terrible | |
| Adverbs | dreadfully | of a dreadful kind |
| Meaning | exceptionally bad or displeasing. | |
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| Example | "dreadful manners" | |
| Synonyms | atrocious, abominable, awful, painful, terrible, unspeakable | |
| Broader | bad | Having undesirable or negative qualities |
| Spanish | abominable, atroz, espantoso, horrendo, horrible, horripilante, horroroso, terrible, tremendo | |
| Catalan | abominable, atroç, espantós, horrible, hòrrid, horripilant, horrorós, terrible, tremend | |
| Nouns | dreadfulness | a quality of extreme / extreme unpleasantness |
| Adverbs | dreadfully | in a dreadful manner |
| Meaning | Extremely disagreeable and unpleasant. | |
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| Example | "don't go out, the weather is dreadful" | |
| Broader | disagreeable | not to your liking |
| Spanish | atroz, espantoso, terrible | |
| Catalan | terrible | |
| Nouns | dreadfulness | a quality of extreme / extreme unpleasantness |
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