Other Words from dreadful

Adjective

dreadfully \ ˈdred-f(ə-)lē

\ adverb

dreadfulness \ ˈdred-fəl-nəs

\ noun

Examples of dreadful in a Sentence

Adjective Her performance was absolutely dreadful. Those children have such dreadful manners.

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective That doesn’t guarantee anything, quality-wise; shows aiming for a lighter touch can be just as dreadful as anything else. — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2022 An absolutely dreadful third season (48 catches on 96 targets for 680 yards in 2017) and a big contract demand greased the wheels for a trade to Dallas six games into the 2018 season. — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 8 May 2022 But covering this particular team in this particular year presents a unique challenge that, in its way, is every bit as dreadful as picking up highway trash while wearing an orange jumpsuit. — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 5 May 2022 The thought that the Orioles could spend the next couple of months with none of those arms taking the mound for them is a dreadful one. — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2022 And even for the small-screen devout, a 10-part adaptation of Mario Puzo’s bestselling book is almost too dreadful to contemplate. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2022 In this dreadful conflict, which followed four years of war, millions of people died, among them tens of thousands of Jews. — Timothy Snyder, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2022 Williams barely played at all until last October and had a dreadful November before rebounding in Oklahoma's bowl win against Oregon. — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2022 Running away from a dreadful unfulfilling job is a quick way to end up in another one. — Adunola Adeshola, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Like many people who live in the suburbs, there’s no burning desire to get back on a bus or train and waste two to three hours going back and forth in a dreadful, soul-sucking commute to the city every day. — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022 The comical bumps up against the chaotic, the domestic beats back the dreadful. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2022 But the Blazers minus Anfernee Simons in the lineup are next-level dreadful. — oregonlive, 7 Mar. 2022 For many people who live in the suburbs, there’s no burning desire to get back on a bus or train and waste two to three hours going back and forth in a dreadful, soul-sucking commute to the city each and every day. — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 22 May 2021 The Rangers just completed their fourth consecutive losing season and packed a whole lot of dreadful into just 60 games. — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 30 Sep. 2020 Only blue shells in Mario Kart games produce more pained utterances of swear words amongst users of interactive software than that dreadful, infuriating wiggle mode. — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 28 Sep. 2020 See More

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