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- Dictionarydread·ful/ˈdredf(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious: "there's been a dreadful accident" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of DREADFUL is inspiring dread : causing great and oppressive fear. How to use dreadful in a sentence.
DREADFUL definition: 1. causing fear, shock, or suffering: 2. of very low quality or very unpleasant: 3. used to…. Learn more.
DREADFUL meaning: 1. causing fear, shock, or suffering: 2. of very low quality or very unpleasant: 3. used to…. Learn more.
If you say that something is dreadful, you mean that it is very unpleasant or very poor in quality.
very bad or unpleasant. What dreadful weather! What a dreadful thing to say! It's dreadful the way they treat their staff. How dreadful! Jane looked dreadful (= looked ill or tired).
Dreadful means "full of dread," "feeling a sense of dread," or "causing dread." Dread means fear or anxiety. The adjective dreadful can describe something truly devastating, like the dreadful aftermath of a tornado, or something that's awful on a more personal level, like a dreadful blind date.
Define dreadful. dreadful synonyms, dreadful pronunciation, dreadful translation, English dictionary definition of dreadful. adj. 1. Extremely bad, unpleasant, or distasteful: dreadful prose; this dreadful heat. 2. Inspiring dread; terrible: dreadful noises; a dreadful tragedy....
dreadful, adj., adv., & n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary.
extremely bad or unpleasant: a dreadful mistake. a dreadful man. (Definition of dreadful from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Definitions of 'dreadful'. 1. If you say that something is dreadful, you mean that it is very bad or unpleasant, or very poor in quality. [...] 2. Dreadful is used to emphasize the degree or extent of something bad. [emphasis] [...] More.
