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Synonyms for dreadful
ˈdrɛd fəldread·ful
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
dreadful
Awful should not be used of things which are merely disagreeable or annoying, nor of all that are alarming and terrible, but only of such as bring a solemn awe upon the soul, as in the presence of a superior power; as, the awful hush before the battle. That which is awful arouses an oppressive, that which is august an admiring reverence; we speak of the august presence of a mighty monarch, the awful presence of death. We speak of an exalted station, a grand mountain, an imposing presence, a majestic cathedral, a noble mien, a solemn litany, a stately march, an august assembly, the awful scene of the Judgment Day.
Synonyms:
alarming, appalling, august, awful, dire, direful, dread, fearful, frightful, grand, horrible, imposing, majestic, noble, portentous, shocking, solemn, stately, terrible, terrificAntonyms:
base, beggarly, commonplace, contemptible, despicable, humble, inferior, lowly, mean, paltry, undignified, vulgar
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Princeton's WordNet
awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terribleadjective
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"
Antonyms:
pleasant, good, unalarmingatrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakableadjective
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"
Synonyms:
irritating, indescribable, indefinable, awful, sore, odious, unnameable, execrable, horrifying, frightful, amazing, horrendous, severe, tremendous, dreaded, dire, afflictive, flagitious, grievous, monstrous, atrocious, ineffable, painful, detestable, awing, awed, wicked, dread(a), awe-inspiring, unspeakable, horrific, nasty, terrible, horrible, abominable, frightening, unutterable, awesome, fearsome, fearful, direful, untellable, uglyAntonyms:
pleasant, unalarming, gooddreadfuladjective
very unpleasant
Synonyms:
dread(a), fearful, abominable, painful, dire, terrible, horrendous, fearsome, horrific, unspeakable, dreaded, awful, atrocious, frightening, direfulAntonyms:
pleasant, unalarming, good
Editors Contribution
hellified
the accident was hellified. the outfit that girl was wearing was hellified. in urban lifestyle, it could mean it was good or bad, ( out of this world, sharp or offer). extreme.
Submitted by EJPraise on January 29, 2022
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List of paraphrases for "dreadful":
terrible, appalling, horrific, horrible, awful, horrendous, horrifying, atrocious, dire, terrifying, frightening, heinous, gruesome, hideous, abominable, shocking, kamala
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#560 | august | |
#1450 | grand | |
#2928 | amazing | |
#3964 | severe | |
#4491 | awesome | |
#5214 | noble | |
#6918 | terrible | |
#7683 | nasty | |
#7689 | ugly | |
#8459 | wicked | |
#8709 | horrible | |
#8774 | tremendous | |
#9372 | painful | |
#9775 | awful | |
#12244 | terrific | |
#12985 | sore | |
#13306 | majestic | |
#14061 | shocking | |
#15704 | imposing | |
#16120 | dire | |
#19676 | dread | |
#20756 | frightening | |
#22989 | fearful | |
#23144 | alarming | |
#23190 | dreadful | |
#23970 | irritating | |
#24854 | solemn | |
#25388 | terrifying | |
#26052 | horrific | |
#26755 | stately | |
#27446 | dreaded | |
#29891 | appalling | |
#30875 | monstrous | |
#30977 | hideous | |
#36370 | gruesome | |
#38864 | horrendous | |
#39885 | horrifying | |
#40529 | grievous | |
#45237 | unspeakable | |
#45529 | heinous | |
#50274 | atrocious | |
#51404 | abominable | |
#51495 | fearsome | |
#54515 | frightful | |
#57592 | odious | |
#58870 | indescribable | |
#62400 | awed | |
#65234 | kamala | |
#77292 | ineffable | |
#97969 | detestable | |
#116795 | unutterable | |
#121959 | indefinable | |
#129078 | portentous | |
#143060 | execrable |
How to use dreadful in a sentence?
Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong!
What seems to be, is, to those to whom it seems to be, and is productive of the most dreadful consequences to those to whom it seems to be, even of torments, despair, eternal death.
The noise was dreadful... the light went out... the chimney tops blew off. We were covered in black, we had no eyelashes left, our lips were all crusty from the soot and we were all dirty and in the dark.
Ignorance is a dangerous and dreadful disease.
Translations for dreadful
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- مروعArabic
- ужасен, страшенBulgarian
- forfærdeligDanish
- furchtbar, schrecklichGerman
- terribleSpanish
- kauheaFinnish
- terrible, affreux, redoutableFrench
- sgriosailScottish Gaelic
- terribileItalian
- אָיוֹםHebrew
- vervaarlijkDutch
- dreadfulNorwegian
- hóyééʼNavajo, Navaho
- strasznyPolish
- terrível, temível, amedrontador, horrível, pavorosoPortuguese
- îngrozitorRomanian
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