For a good translation, use it in a sentence. Too many possibles.
No, the word 'dreadful' is an adjective, a word that describes a noun (a dreadful storm, dreadful manners).The word 'dreadful' is the adjective form of the abstract noun dread, a word for an emotion.The abstract noun form of the adjective 'dreadful' is dreadfulness, a word for a quality or condition.
The meal yesterday was dreadful.There was a dreadful smell coming from the drain.
Stacie the cat made a dreadful screech after her meal.
The abstract noun form of the adjective 'dreadful' is dreadfulness.The word 'dreadful' is the adjective form of the abstract noun dread.
'Awe-inspiring' is creathnach (frightful, terrifying); uafásach (horrible, wonderful, terrible) uaimhneach(dreadful, terrible, horrid).
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cruel
dreadful, awful
dreadful, derogatory, degrading
dreadful
I dread going to work today, because I know the work that is waiting for me. He was filled with dread at the thought of another night in the jungle. He had a dread that she was going to kiss him.
Dreadful is the polite word for absolutly awful!