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alarming, dire, direful, dread, fearful, fearsome, forbidding, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, hair-raising, horrendous, horrible, horrifying, intimidating, redoubtable, scary, shocking, spine-chilling, terrible, terrifying
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Her performance was absolutely dreadful. Those children have such dreadful manners.Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Argentina so far has been dreadful, inhabiting the worst of all worlds. — Jonathan Wilson, SI.com, "How Has it Come to This for Argentina?," 22 June 2019 This was dreadful news for Walker, who suddenly stopped talking about Foxconn. — Bruce Murphy, The Verge, "Wisconsin’s $4.1 billion Foxconn boondoggle," 29 Oct. 2018 Many successful franchises have suited up dreadful teams in order to rebuild through the draft. — Sean Gregory, Time, "The NBA's Philadelphia 76ers Give Us Reason to Put Our Faith in Failure," 13 Apr. 2018 Vonnegut’s prose, even when dealing with the dreadful, whistles a happy tune. — Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, "What Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” Tells Us Now," 13 June 2019 But there's what everyone calls bullying, and there's actual, real, miserable bullying where someone had a dreadful time. — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, "Kate Middleton Was "Desperately Unhappy" and Tortured by Bullies at Her First Secondary School, Downe House," 10 Mar. 2019 Even if you're not coupled up on Valentine's Day, February 14th doesn't have to be dreadful. — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, "Kate Beckinsale's Kitchen Is The Perfect Place For A Valentine's Day Party," 28 Jan. 2019 Recent Form Saudi Arabia come into the clash on a dreadful run of form. — SI.com, "World Cup Preview: Saudi Arabia vs Egypt - Classic Encounter, Team News, Predictions & More," 24 June 2018 Based on Sinclair's first-hand reporting of the dreadful conditions at meat-packing plants, the details in the manuscript were so shocking that his initial publisher, MacMillan, refused to publish it and dumped him as a client. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "We have food safety laws thanks to 19th century “poison squad”," 26 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dreadful.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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