† ˈdreadable,a.Obs. [f. dread v. + -able.] To be dreaded, dreadful. c1490Manner to live V iij in Maskell Mon. Rit. I. p. clvj. note, Sorowful and dreydabyl fygurys.1503Kalender of Sheph. (1656) xvi, At the judgement of God most dreadable.Ibid. li. (T.), At the sounding of a dreadable horne.