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dreadful adjective [ ˈdrɛdfʊl ]

• causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious.
• "there's been a dreadful accident"
Similar: terrible, frightful, horrible, grim, awful, dire, frightening, terrifying, horrifying, alarming, distressing, shocking, appalling, harrowing, ghastly, fearful, hideous, horrendous, monstrous, unspeakable, gruesome, tragic, calamitous, grievous, grisly, terrific,
Opposite: mild,
• 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: outrageous, shocking, inordinate, immoderate, unrestrained, great, tremendous,


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