dreadful
Part of speech: adj
adv
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English dredful, dredfull, dredeful (also dreful). By surface analysis, dread + -ful.
Inflected forms:
form: more dreadful
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most dreadful
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: dreadfull
pos: adj
tags: alternative
archaic
form: dredful
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: more dreadful
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most dreadful
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: dreadfull
pos: adv
tags: alternative
archaic
form: dredful
pos: adv
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: dreadfuls
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: dreadfull
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: dredful
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Full of something causing dread, whether
pos: adj
examples: "...Aunt Em will surely think something dreadful has happened to me, and that will make her put on mourning..."
gloss: Full of something causing dread, whether
pos: adj
tags: excessive
examples: Here some... Look dreadful gay in their own sparkling blood.
[I]ndeed I began ſincerely to hate my ſelf for a Dog, a VVretch that had been a Thief, and a Murtherer; […] I vvent about vvith my Heart full of theſe Thoughts, little better than a diſtracted Fellovv; in ſhort, running headlong into the dreadfulleſt Deſpair, and premeditated nothing but hovv to rid my ſelf out of the VVorld; […] nothing lay upon my Mind for ſeveral Days, but to ſhoot my ſelf into the Head vvith my Piſtol.
This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything.
After a dreadful performance in the opening 45 minutes, they upped their game after the break...
gloss: Full of something causing dread, whether
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
gloss: Full of dread, whether
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
examples: Shame to the slothful and woe to the weak one.
Death to the dreadful who turn to flee.
Blood to the tearing, the talon’d, the beaked one.
Timor Mortis are We.
gloss: Full of dread, whether
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
gloss: Full of dread, whether
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
gloss: Dreadfully.
pos: adv
tags: informal
examples: I'm sorry, Miz Terrigan. I'm dreadful sorry.
You don't look so dreadful poor in the face as you did a while back.
"No," she replied, coolly, "and I shall want my dinner dreadful bad afore I get it, I know. You don't often feel dreadful hungry, do you, sir?
gloss: A shocker: a report of a crime written in a provokingly lurid style.
pos: noun
gloss: A journal or broadsheet printing such reports.
pos: noun
gloss: A shocking or sensational crime.
pos: noun
Derived words: penny dreadful
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: فظيع
lang: Bulgarian
word: страшен
roman: strašen
lang: Bulgarian
word: ужасен
roman: užasen
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 可畏
roman: ho² wai³
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 可畏
roman: ko³ vi⁴
lang: Chinese
word: 可畏
roman: khó-ùi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 可畏
roman: kěwèi
lang: Danish
word: rædsom
lang: Danish
word: skrækkelig
lang: Danish
word: forfærdelig
lang: Dutch
word: vervaarlijk
lang: French
word: redoutable
lang: French
word: affreux
lang: French
word: terrible
lang: Galician
word: espantoso
lang: Galician
word: horríbel
lang: German
word: furchtbar
lang: German
word: schrecklich
lang: Greek
word: φοβερός
roman: foverós
lang: Greek
word: τρομερός
roman: tromerós
lang: Greek
word: τρομακτικός
roman: tromaktikós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: αἰνός
roman: ainós
lang: Irish
word: ainnis
lang: Irish
word: millteanach
lang: Irish
word: uafásach
lang: Old Irish
word: úathmar
lang: Italian
word: orribile
lang: Italian
word: spaventoso
lang: Italian
word: terribile
lang: Kazakh
word: қорқынышты
roman: qorqynyşty
lang: Māori
word: maruwehi
lang: Māori
word: whakarihariha
lang: Māori
word: whakapāwerawera
lang: Middle English
word: dredful
lang: Navajo
word: hóyééʼ
lang: Occitan
word: terrible
lang: Occitan
word: afrós
lang: Occitan
word: òrre
lang: Persian
word: افتضاح
roman: eftezâh
lang: Plautdietsch
word: schrakjlich
lang: Plautdietsch
word: jräsich
lang: Portuguese
word: horrível
lang: Portuguese
word: pavoroso
lang: Portuguese
word: terrível
lang: Portuguese
word: temível
lang: Portuguese
word: amedrontador
lang: Russian
word: страшный
roman: strašnyj
lang: Russian
word: ужасный
roman: užasnyj
lang: Russian
word: кошмарный
roman: košmarnyj
lang: Sanskrit
word: घोर
roman: ghora
lang: Sanskrit
word: भीष्म
roman: bhīṣma
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: sgriosail
lang: Spanish
word: espantoso
lang: Spanish
word: pavoroso
lang: Spanish
word: empavoreciente
lang: Spanish
word: empavorecedor
lang: Thai
word: น่ากลัว
roman: nâa-gluua
lang: Thai
word: น่าหวาดพะวง
lang: Turkish
word: dehşetli
lang: Turkish
word: dehşet verici
lang: Turkish
word: korkunç
lang: Turkish
word: ürkünç
lang: Turkish
word: ürkütücü
lang: Spanish
word: apavorado
lang: Spanish
word: pavorido
lang: Spanish
word: espavorido
lang: Spanish
word: despavorido
lang: Spanish
word: empavorecido