dreadful 音标拼音: [dr'ɛdfəl]
a . 可怕的
可怕的
dreadful adj 1 :
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 " [
synonym : {
awful }, {
dire }, {
direful }, {
dread (
a )},
{
dreaded }, {
dreadful }, {
fearful }, {
fearsome },
{
frightening }, {
horrendous }, {
horrific }, {
terrible }]
2 :
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 " [
synonym :
{
atrocious }, {
abominable }, {
awful }, {
dreadful }, {
painful },
{
terrible }, {
unspeakable }]
3 :
very unpleasant Dreadful \
Dread "
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a .
1 .
Full of dread or terror ;
fearful . [
Obs .] "
With dreadful heart ." --
Chaucer .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Inspiring dread ;
impressing great fear ;
fearful ;
terrible ;
as ,
a dreadful storm . "
Dreadful gloom ." --
Milton .
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1913 Webster ]
For all things are less dreadful than they seem .
--
Wordsworth .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
Inspiring awe or reverence ;
awful . [
Obs .] "
God '
s dreadful law ." --
Shak .
Syn :
Fearful ;
frightful ;
terrific ;
terrible ;
horrible ;
horrid ;
formidable ;
tremendous ;
awful ;
venerable .
See {
Frightful }.
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1913 Webster ]
178 Moby Thesaurus words for "
dreadful ":
Bildungsroman ,
Gothic novel ,
abominable ,
alarming ,
appalling ,
arrant ,
astounding ,
atrocious ,
august ,
awe -
inspiring ,
awesome ,
awful ,
awfully ,
bad ,
baneful ,
base ,
beastly ,
beneath contempt ,
big ,
blameworthy ,
brutal ,
comic novel ,
contemptible ,
damned ,
deadly ,
demonic ,
deplorable ,
despicable ,
detective novel ,
detestable ,
devilish ,
diabolical ,
dime novel ,
dire ,
direful ,
disgusting ,
dread ,
dreaded ,
dreadfully ,
egregious ,
enormous ,
epistolary novel ,
erotic novel ,
estimable ,
evil ,
exceedingly ,
feared ,
fearful ,
fearsome ,
fell ,
fetid ,
fiendish ,
filthy ,
flagitious ,
flagrant ,
forbidding ,
formidable ,
foul ,
frightening ,
frightful ,
fulsome ,
ghastly ,
ghoulish ,
grievous ,
grim ,
grisly ,
gross ,
gruesome ,
hateful ,
heinous ,
hideous ,
historical novel ,
honorable ,
horrendous ,
horrible ,
horrid ,
horrific ,
horrifying ,
howling ,
infamous ,
iniquitous ,
lamentable ,
loathsome ,
lousy ,
macabre ,
malefic ,
maleficent ,
malevolent ,
monstrous ,
morbid ,
nasty ,
nefarious ,
noisome ,
notorious ,
nouvelle ,
novel ,
novel of character ,
novel of ideas ,
novel of incident ,
novel of manners ,
novel of sensibility ,
novelette ,
novella ,
obnoxious ,
odious ,
offensive ,
outrageous ,
penny dreadful ,
picaresque novel ,
pitiable ,
pitiful ,
pornographic novel ,
problem novel ,
proletarian novel ,
propaganda novel ,
psychological novel ,
rank ,
rattling ,
redoubtable ,
regional novel ,
regrettable ,
remarkably ,
repelling ,
reprehensible ,
repugnant ,
repulsive ,
reverend ,
revolting ,
river novel ,
roman ,
roman a clef ,
roman -
fleuve ,
rotten ,
rousing ,
sad ,
satirical novel ,
scandalous ,
scary ,
schlock ,
schrecklich ,
science -
fiction novel ,
scurvy ,
sentimental novel ,
shabby ,
shameful ,
shilling ,
shilling shocker ,
shocking ,
shoddy ,
short story ,
short -
short ,
sociological novel ,
sordid ,
squalid ,
storiette ,
stream -
of -
consciousness novel ,
strikingly ,
terrible ,
terrific ,
thesis novel ,
thumping ,
time -
honored ,
too bad ,
tragic ,
tremendous ,
unclean ,
unspeakable ,
venerable ,
vignette ,
vile ,
villainous ,
whacking ,
wicked ,
woeful ,
worshipful ,
worst ,
worthless ,
wretched
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