adj.

1. Inspiring dread; terrible.
2. Extremely unpleasant; distasteful or shocking: dreadful table manners; this dreadful heat.

dreadfully dread'ful·ly adv.
dreadfulness dread'ful·ness n.

adjective

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

adj

Definition: horrible, frightening
Antonyms: pleasant, pleasing, welcomed, wonderful

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IN BRIEF: adj. - Causing fear or dread or terror; Exceptionally bad or displeasing; Very unpleasant.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. — Samuel Johnson, Source: Rasselas

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - skrækkelig, grufuld

Nederlands (Dutch)
vreselijk

Français (French)
adj. - affreux, épouvantable, atroce

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schrecklich, furchtbar

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - φοβερός, τρομακτικός

Italiano (Italian)
spaventoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - horrível

idioms:

• penny dreadful    jornal (m) ou livro (m) sensacionalista

Русский (Russian)
ужасный

idioms:

• penny dreadful    грошовый роман

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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