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dreadful definition
dreadful |
Grep of noun dreadful dreadfulness penny dreadful Overview of adj dreadful The adj dreadful has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (6) awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible -- (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") 2. (1) atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable -- (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") 3. dreadful -- (very unpleasant) Antonyms of adj dreadful 3 senses of dreadful Sense 1 awful, dire, direful, dread(postnominal), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible INDIRECT (VIA alarming) -> unalarming Sense 2 atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable INDIRECT (VIA bad) -> good Sense 3 dreadful INDIRECT (VIA unpleasant) -> pleasant Similarity of adj dreadful 3 senses of dreadful Sense 1 awful, dire, direful, dread(postnominal), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible => alarming (vs. unalarming) Sense 2 atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable => bad (vs. good) Sense 3 dreadful => unpleasant (vs. pleasant) Attributes of adj dreadful Familiarity of adj dreadful dreadful used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj dreadful dreadful Overview of adj dreadful The adj dreadful has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (6) awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible -- (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") 2. (1) atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable -- (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") 3. dreadful -- (very unpleasant)
dreadful definition
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