DREADFUL as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • causing fear or dread or terror
   Synonym(s)
   • awful (what does awful mean?)
   • dire (what does dire mean?)
   • direful (what does direful mean?)
   • dread(a) (what does dread(a) mean?)
   • dreaded (what does dreaded mean?)
   • fearful (what does fearful mean?)
   • fearsome (what does fearsome mean?)
   • frightening (what does frightening mean?)
   • horrendous (what does horrendous mean?)
   • horrific (what does horrific mean?)
   • terrible (what does terrible mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Similar To
   • alarming (what does alarming mean?)
2. Meaning
   • exceptionally bad or displeasing
   Synonym(s)
   • abominable (what does abominable mean?)
   • atrocious (what does atrocious mean?)
   • awful (what does awful mean?)
   • painful (what does painful mean?)
   • terrible (what does terrible mean?)
   • unspeakable (what does unspeakable mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • atrocious taste
   • abominable workmanship
   • an awful voice
   • dreadful manners
   • a painful performance
   • terrible handwriting
   • an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
   Similar To
   • bad (what does bad mean?)
3. Meaning
   • very unpleasant
   Similar To
   • unpleasant (what does unpleasant mean?)