Dreadful (Adjective)
Meaning 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".
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Meaning 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".
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Meaning 3
Extremely disagreeable and unpleasant; "don't go out, the weather is dreadful".
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All adjective clusters.
Examples
- After eating the spoiled food, I felt dreadful for the rest of the day.
- The new movie received dreadful reviews from critics and audiences alike.
- The traffic on the highway was dreadful, it took us three hours to reach the city.
- She described her first experience with public speaking as a dreadful ordeal.
- The noisy neighbor made his dreadful rendition of the national anthem at the party.