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dreadful

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1. a. Full of dread or terror; fearful. Source: opted
2. a. Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm. Source: opted
3. a. Inspiring awe or reverence; awful. Source: opted
4. adj. causing fear or dread or terror Source: wordnet
5. adj. exceptionally bad or displeasing Source: wordnet
6. adj. extremely disagreeable and unpleasant Source: wordnet

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dread fear fearful inspiring terror awful causing disagreeable displeasing exceptionally extremely full great impressing reverence storm terrible unpleasant

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dread-bolted dreadable dreaded dreader dreadfully dreadfulness

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