Dreadful
[adj] 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"
[adj] 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"
[adj] very unpleasant
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Synonyms
abominable, alarming, atrocious, awful, bad, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, painful, terrible, unpleasant, unspeakable
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