dreadful

dread·ful  (drdfl)

adj.

1. Inspiring dread; terrible.

2. Extremely unpleasant; distasteful or shocking: dreadful table manners; this dreadful heat.

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dreadful·ly adv.

dreadful·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

dreadfulness  n

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Dreadful of Dragons [book title by P. Blakely].

Thesaurus

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" awful, abominable, atrocious, terrible, unspeakable, painful 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.

2. serious, terrible, awful, appalling, horrendous, monstrous, unspeakable, abysmal We've made a dreadful mistake

3. awful, terrible, ghastly, grim, horrendous, frightful, godawful (slang), like death warmed up (informal) I feel absolutely dreadful

Translations

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

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dreadful [ˈdrɛdfʊl] adj

[weather] → affreux/euse
The weather was dreadful → Il a fait un temps affreux.

[mistake] → terrible
a dreadful mistake → une terrible erreur

(= 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

adj → schrecklich, furchtbar; person → schrecklich; weather → scheußlich, furchtbar; a dreadful business → eine schreckliche Angelegenheit; what a dreadful thing to happen → wie entsetzlich or furchtbar, dass das passieren musste; to feel dreadful (= ill) → sich elend fühlen; I feel dreadful (about it) (= mortified) → es ist mir schrecklich peinlich; I feel dreadful about letting you down → es ist mir schrecklich unangenehm, Sie im Stich zu lassen

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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)!

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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)!

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