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- Dictionarydreadful/ˈdrɛdf(ʊ)l/
adjective
- 1. causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious: "there's been a dreadful accident" Similar Opposite
- 2. used to emphasize the degree to which something is the case, especially something regarded with sadness or disapproval: "this was all a dreadful mistake" Similar
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Dreadful means causing fear, shock, or suffering, or of very low quality or very unpleasant. It can also be used to emphasize the great degree of something. See synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.
- English (US)
DREADFUL meaning: 1. causing fear, shock, or suffering: 2....
- Znaczenie Dreadful, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
DREADFUL definicja: 1. causing fear, shock, or suffering: 2....
- Dreadful: Thai Translation
DREADFUL translate: น่าสะพรึงกลัว, แย่มาก. Learn more in the...
- Dreadful: Czech Translation
dreadful - translate into Czech with the English-Czech...
- Dreadful: Catalan Translation
dreadful translate: espantós. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Dreadful: Norwegian Translation
dreadful - translate into Norwegian with the...
- Dreadful: Korean Translation
dreadful translate: 끔찍한. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Dreadful in French
DREADFUL translate: horrible, épouvantable, épouvantable,...
- English (US)
Dreadful can be an adjective meaning causing fear, awe, or extreme dislike, or a noun meaning a cheap and sensational story. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, history, and usage from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Dreadful is one of the many words based on terms that relate to fear that are now simply used to mean “really bad.”. Many of these words can be used as synonyms of dreadful, including horrible, horrid, horrendous (all related to the word horror ), and terrible (related to terror ).
Dreadful means very bad or unpleasant, especially in British English. It can also mean causing fear, pain or difficulty. See synonyms, usage notes and example sentences.
Learn the meaning, synonyms, pronunciation, and usage of the adjective dreadful, which can mean very bad, unpleasant, or poor in quality, or causing dread or awe. See examples of dreadful in sentences and compare with related words.
The adjective dreadful can describe something truly devastating, like the dreadful aftermath of a tornado, or something that's awful on a more personal level, like a dreadful blind date. If it's bad, fearsome, or unpleasant, you can call it dreadful.
adj. 1. extremely disagreeable, shocking, or bad: what a dreadful play. 2. (intensifier): this is a dreadful waste of time. 3. causing dread; terrifying. 4. archaic inspiring awe. ˈdreadfulness n.
