单词 | dreadful |
释义 | dreadful/ˈdrɛdfʊl![]() adjective 1Causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious: there’s been a dreadful accident...
Synonyms 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 archaic terrific 1.1Extremely disagreeable: the weather was dreadful...
Synonyms unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty; frightful, shocking, awful, abysmal, atrocious, disgraceful, deplorable, wretched, very bad, lamentable, repugnant, odious; poor, inadequate, inferior, unsatisfactory, distasteful informal hopeless, pathetic, useless, woeful, crummy, rotten, sorry, third-rate, lousy, ropy, God-awful, poxy, not up to snuff, the pits, from hell British informal duff, chronic, rubbish, pants, a load of pants 1.2(Of a person) unwell or troubled: I feel dreadful—I hate myself she looked quite dreadful and she was struggling for breath...
2 [attributive] Used to emphasize the degree to which something is the case, especially something regarded with sadness or disapproval: this was all a dreadful mistake you’re a dreadful flirt...
Synonyms outrageous, shocking; inordinate, immoderate, unrestrained; great, tremendous Derivativesdreadfulness![]() ![]()
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