Dreadsome

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Marked by dread; dreadful; alarming.

    "But the dreadsome must evidently be of a nature we cannot do anything about."

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"But the dreadsome must evidently be of a nature we cannot do anything about."

Etymology

From dread + -some.

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