Word Type

Adjective

Noun

Adjective

Adverb

The word "dreadful" can be used as adjective, noun, adjective and adverb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

dreadfully dreadfulness penny dreadful something dreadful undreadful

Derived From

dread

Context

hyperbolic

Related Terms

afraid alarming awe awe inspiring awesome awful bad broadsheet causing crime dangerous dread easily feeling frightened full genuinely horrific journal lurid pious printing provokingly report reverence reverential risky scared shocker something style such timid unpleasant very written

Similar Terms

alarming bad disagreeable disagreeable

Synonym Network

frightening unspeakable

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