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dreadful

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. dreadful (noun)
  2. penny dreadful (noun)

2dreadful

noun

Definition of DREADFUL

: a cheap and sensational story or periodical

First Known Use of DREADFUL

circa 1873

Other Publishing Terms

annotate, emend, expurgate, factoid, jump, lobster shift, redaction, referee

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