Definition of dreadful

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Dreadful (a.) Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm..

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Dire :: Dire (superl.) Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.
Horrid :: Horrid (a.) Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; hence, very offensive..
Uncouth :: Uncouth (a.) Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners..
Monstrous :: Monstrous (a.) Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful..
Tremendous :: Tremendous (a.) Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish or terrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible; dreadful; as, a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a tremendous shock or fall..
Dreadfully :: Dreadfully (adv.) In a dreadful manner; terribly.
Fear :: Fear (n.) That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness..
Dread :: Dread (a.) Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.
Fearful :: Fearful (a.) Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.
Awe :: Awe (n.) The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence..
Hideous :: Hideous (a.) Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks..
Horrible :: Horrible (a.) Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story; a horrible murder..
Horrisonous :: Horrisonous (a.) Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.
Dreadful :: Dreadful (a.) Inspiring awe or reverence; awful.
Dreadful :: Dreadful (a.) Full of dread or terror; fearful.
Dearn :: Dearn (a.) Secret; lonely; solitary; dreadful.
Dreadly :: Dreadly (a.) Dreadful.
Astonishment :: Astonishment (n.) The overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement..
Awfulness :: Awfulness (n.) The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place..
Death :: Death (v. i.) Anything so dreadful as to be like death.
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