dreadful
dread·ful
(drĕd′fəl)adj.
1. Extremely bad, unpleasant, or distasteful: dreadful prose; this dreadful heat.
2. Inspiring dread; terrible: dreadful noises; a dreadful tragedy.
dread′ful·ness n.
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dreadful
(ˈdrɛdfʊl)adj
1. extremely disagreeable, shocking, or bad: what a dreadful play.
2. (intensifier): this is a dreadful waste of time.
3. causing dread; terrifying
4. archaic inspiring awe
ˈdreadfulness n
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dread•ful
(ˈdrɛd fəl)adj.
1. causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible: a dreadful storm.
2. inspiring awe or reverence.
3. extremely bad, unpleasant, or ugly: a dreadful scandal.
[1175–1225]
dread′ful•ness, n.
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Dreadful
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Adj. | 1. |  dreadful - 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"direful, dread, dreaded, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, terrible, awful, dire, horrific, fearful alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger |
| 2. |  dreadful - 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"bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice" | |
| 3. | dreadful - very unpleasant unpleasant - disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors" |
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dreadful
adjective
1. terrible, shocking, awful, alarming, distressing, appalling, tragic, horrible, formidable, fearful, dire, horrendous, hideous, monstrous, from hell (informal), grievous, atrocious, frightful, godawful (slang), hellacious (U.S. slang) They told us the dreadful news.
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dreadful
adjective1. Causing or able to cause fear:
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Translations
مُخيف، مُرْعِبمُرَوِّعمُريع، مُزْعِج جدا، سَيِّء
děsnýhroznýpříšernýstrašlivýstrašný
forfærdeligfrygteligskrækkelig
kauhea
grozan
hræîileguróòolandi; óòekkur
恐ろしい
몹시 싫은
slabstrašen
förskräcklig
น่าสะพรึงกลัว
tồi tệ
dreadful
[ˈdredfʊl] ADJ [crime, sight, suffering] → espantoso; [news, accident, experience] → espantoso, terrible; [disease, person, noise] → terrible; [night, moment, place] → horrible; [book, film] → pésimo; [weather, conditions] → pésimo, fatal (Sp) ; [situation, mistake] → horroroso, terrible
how dreadful! → ¡qué horror!
he is a dreadful coward → es un cobarde asqueroso
a dreadful business → un asunto horroroso
I feel dreadful! (= ill) → ¡me encuentro muy mal!, ¡me encuentro fatal! (Sp) ; (= ashamed) → ¡qué vergüenza me da!, ¡qué pena me da! (LAm), me da muchísima vergüenza or (LAm) pena
I feel dreadful about forgetting his birthday → me siento fatal por haber olvidado su cumpleaños
to look dreadful (= ill) → tener mala cara; (= unattractive) [person] → estar horrible, tener una pinta horrorosa; [thing] → quedar horroroso
I look dreadful in this hat → estoy horrible con este sombrero, tengo una pinta horrorosa con este sombrero
that brown wallpaper looks dreadful → ese papel pintado marrón queda horroroso
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
dreadful
[ˈdrɛdfʊl] adj
[weather] → affreux/euse
The weather was dreadful → Il a fait un temps affreux.
(= appalling) [news, situation] → terrible, affreux/euse
(= ill)
I feel dreadful → Je ne me sens vraiment pas bien.
You look dreadful → Tu as une mine affreuse.
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dreadful
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
dreadful
[ˈdrɛdfʊl] adj (crime, sight, suffering) → terribile, spaventoso/a; (weather) → tremendo/a
I feel dreadful! (ill) → mi sento uno straccio! (ashamed) → vorrei scomparire (dalla vergogna)!
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
dread
(dred) noungreat fear. She lives in dread of her child being drowned in the canal; His voice was husky with dread.
verbto fear greatly. We were dreading his arrival.
ˈdreadful adjective1. terrible. a dreadful accident.
2. very bad or annoying. What dreadful children!
ˈdreadfulness nounˈdreadfully adverbextremely. dreadfully ill; dreadfully clever.
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dreadful
→ مُرَوِّع příšerný skrækkelig fürchterlich απαίσιος espantoso kauhea abominable grozan terribile 恐ろしい 몹시 싫은 afschuwelijk skrekkelig straszny terrível ужасный förskräcklig น่าสะพรึงกลัว korkunç tồi tệ 可怕的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009