- Inspiring dread; terrible.
- Extremely unpleasant; distasteful or shocking: dreadful table manners; this dreadful heat.
dreadfulness dread'ful·ness n.
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dread·ful (drĕd'fəl) ![]() |
| Thesaurus: dreadful |
adjective
| Antonyms: dreadful |
Definition: horrible, frightening
Antonyms: pleasant, pleasing, welcomed, wonderful
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
— Samuel Johnson, Source: Rasselas
| Translations: Dreadful |
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - skrækkelig, grufuld
Français (French)
adj. - affreux, épouvantable, atroce
Deutsch (German)
adj. - schrecklich, furchtbar
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - φοβερός, τρομακτικός
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - horrível
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Español (Spanish)
adj. - horrible, espantoso, malísimo, fatal
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - förskräcklig
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
可怕的
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 可怕的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 겁나는, 따분한, 몹시 기분 나쁜
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 恐ろしい, ものすごい, 不快な, いやな, つまらない, ひどい, こわい
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) مروع, مفزع, سئ جدا أو غير سار
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - איום, נורא
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