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Meaning of dreadful


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  dreadful
      adj 1: 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" [syn: {awful}, {dire}, {direful}, {dread(a)},
             {dreaded}, {dreadful}, {fearful}, {fearsome},
             {frightening}, {horrendous}, {horrific}, {terrible}]
      2: 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" [syn:
         {atrocious}, {abominable}, {awful}, {dreadful}, {painful},
         {terrible}, {unspeakable}]
      3: very unpleasant


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