dreadful

Meaning

Adj

1. Full of something causing dread, whether
2. (excessive) Full of something causing dread, whether
3. (obsolete) Full of something causing dread, whether
4. (obsolete) Full of dread, whether
5. (obsolete) Full of dread, whether
6. (obsolete) Full of dread, whether

Adv

Dreadfully.

Noun

1. A shocker: a report of a crime written in a provokingly lurid style.
2. A journal or broadsheet printing such reports.
3. A shocking or sensational crime.

Synonyms

terrible

horrible

awful

frightful

fearful

😨

frightening

gruesome

scary

ghastly

formidable

terrific

fearsome

abysmal

terrifying

horrendous

dire

dread

horrid

horrific

hideous

shocking

dreaded

abominable

alarming

atrocious

appalling

bad

👎

horrifying

direful

tremendous

amazing

grisly

dismal

ominous

grave

🪦

god-awful

awesome

unspeakable

baneful

serious

disastrous

absurd

morbid

painful

horror

dark

grotesque

fierce

great

awe-inspiring

Translations

schrecklich

furchtbar

terrible

terrible

affreux

spaventoso

effrayant

espantoso

fürchterlich

entsetzlich

terribile

terrível

horrível

épouvantable

grässlich

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɹɛd.fʊl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: dredful

In summary

From Middle English dredful, dredfull, dredeful (also dreful), equivalent to dread + -ful.