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dread·ful
 dreadful
- pronunciation:
- dred
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
producing great fear or a feeling of awe; dread.
- synonyms:
- awesome, fearful, fearsome, formidable, frightful, ghastly, horrid, horrifying, terrifying
- antonyms:
- heavenly
- similar words:
- dire, horrendous, horrible, tremendous
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| definition 2: |
very bad, unpleasant, or boring.
a dreadful film- synonyms:
- awful, ghastly, horrid, terrible
- antonyms:
- agreeable, average, marvelous, pleasant
- similar words:
- abysmal, almighty, foul, horrendous, horrible, lousy, miserable
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| related words: |
awful, bad, deadly, dismal, fierce, formidable, gruesome, hideous, lurid, monstrous, nasty, terrible, tragic, woeful |
| derivations: |
dreadfully (adv.), dreadfulness (n.) |
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