dreadful

dread·ful

D0385100 (drĕd′fəl)adj.1. Extremely bad, unpleasant, or distasteful: dreadful prose; this dreadful heat.2. Inspiring dread; terrible: dreadful noises; a dreadful tragedy.

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dread′ful·ness n.

dreadful

(ˈdrɛdfʊl) adj1. extremely disagreeable, shocking, or bad: what a dreadful play. 2. (intensifier): this is a dreadful waste of time. 3. causing dread; terrifying4. archaic inspiring awe ˈdreadfulness n

dread•ful

(ˈdrɛd fəl)

adj. 1. causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible: a dreadful storm. 2. inspiring awe or reverence. 3. extremely bad, unpleasant, or ugly: a dreadful scandal. [1175–1225] dread′ful•ness, n.

Dreadful

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	dreadful - causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"direful, dread, dreaded, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, terrible, awful, dire, horrific, fearfulalarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
	2.	dreadful - exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"awful, abominable, atrocious, terrible, unspeakable, painfulbad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
	3.	dreadful - very unpleasantunpleasant - disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"

dreadful

adjective1. terrible, shocking, awful, alarming, distressing, appalling, tragic, horrible, formidable, fearful, dire, horrendous, hideous, monstrous, from hell (informal), grievous, atrocious, frightful, godawful (slang), hellacious (U.S. slang) They told us the dreadful news.2. serious, terrible, awful, appalling, horrendous, monstrous, unspeakable, abysmal We've made a dreadful mistake3. awful, terrible, ghastly, grim, horrendous, frightful, godawful (slang), like death warmed up (informal) I feel absolutely dreadful

dreadful

adjective1. Causing or able to cause fear:appalling, dire, direful, fearful, fearsome, formidable, frightful, ghastly, redoubtable, scary, terrible, tremendous.2. Very bad:appalling, awful, fearful, frightful, ghastly, horrendous, horrible, shocking, terrible.

Translations

可怕的糟糕透顶的令人惊骇的

dread

(dred) noun great fear. She lives in dread of her child being drowned in the canal; His voice was husky with dread. 恐懼 恐怖 verb to fear greatly. We were dreading his arrival. 懼怕 惧怕ˈdreadful adjective1. terrible. a dreadful accident. 可怕的 可怕的2. very bad or annoying. What dreadful children! 糟糕透頂的，很討人厭的 糟糕透顶的，令人惊骇的 ˈdreadfulness noun 可怕，糟糕透頂 惧怕，糟糕透顶 ˈdreadfully adverb extremely. dreadfully ill; dreadfully clever. 可怕地，糟糕透頂地 可怕地，糟糕透顶地

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