Tom is dreadfully wrong.
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Dreadfully
//ˈdɹɛd.fʊl.i//
Synonyms for "dreadfully" (123 found)
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Related words (61)
horridlyhorrificallyhorrifyinglyimproperlyinexcusablyinfamouslyinfernallyinordinatelyintolerablylamentablyloathsomelymiserablynakedlynastilynauseatinglynotoriouslyobnoxiouslyodiouslyoffensivelyopenly
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outrageouslypainfullypeskypiteouslyrepugnantlyrepulsivelyrevoltinglysadlysavagelyscandalouslyseverelyshabbilyshamefullyshatteringlyshockinglysnappingsomething awfulsomething fiercesordidlysorelyspankingstaggeringlystartlinglystrikinglysurpassinglyterriblyterrificallytorturouslytragicallytremendouslyunashamedlyunbearablyunconscionablyundulyunpardonablyunspeakablyveryviciouslyvilelywoefullywretchedly
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3 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 12 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- αἰνῶς adv (in a dreadful manner)
- αἰνῶς adv (exceptionally, eminently, very much)
Catalan
1 entries- espantosament adv (in a dreadful manner)
Danish
4 entries- forfærdelig adv (in a dreadful manner)
- frygtelig adv (in a dreadful manner)
- skrækkelig adv (in a dreadful manner)
- skrækkelig adv (in a dreadful manner)
Esperanto
1 entries- terure adv (in a dreadful manner)
French
1 entries- terriblement adv (in a dreadful manner)
German
2 entries- furchtbar adv (in a dreadful manner)
- furchtbar adv (exceptionally, eminently, very much)
Greek
2 entries- τρομερά adv (in a dreadful manner)
- φοβερά adv (in a dreadful manner)
Hungarian
4 entries- borzasztóan adv (exceptionally, eminently, very much)
- félelmetesen adv (in a dreadful manner)
- ijesztően adv (in a dreadful manner)
- irtó adv (exceptionally, eminently, very much)
Middle English
1 entries- dredfully adv (in a dreadful manner)
Portuguese
2 entries- terrivelmente adv (in a dreadful manner)
- terrivelmente adv (exceptionally, eminently, very much)
Spanish
3 entries- despavorientemente adv (in a dreadful manner)
- empavorecientemente adv (in a dreadful manner)
- pavorosamente adv (in a dreadful manner)
Walloon
3 entries- carapmint adv (exceptionally, eminently, very much)
- teribmint adv (in a dreadful manner)
- teribmint adv (exceptionally, eminently, very much)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
It will be dreadfully hot.
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I'm dreadfully sorry.
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I'm a dreadfully wicked and ungrateful girl, and I deserve to be punished and cast out by respectable people forever.
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