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      dreadful
      noun
      A shocker: a report of a crime written in a provokingly lurid style.
      A shocking or sensational crime.
      A journal or broadsheet printing such reports.
      adjective
      Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky.
      (hyperbolic) Unpleasant, awful, very bad (also used as an intensifier).
      Full of something causing dread, whether
      Scared, afraid, frightened.
      Timid, easily frightened.
      Reverential, full of pious awe.
      (obsolete) Awesome, awe-inspiring, causing feelings of reverence.
      (obsolete) Full of dread, whether
      adverb
      (informal) Dreadfully.
      Synonyms for dreadful
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      Words related to dreadful
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