dreadful

dreadful is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Full of dread or terror; fearful. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Full of dread or terror; fearful.
2. adjective. Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm.
3. adjective. Inspiring awe or reverence; awful.
4. adjective. causing fear or dread or terror

   "the awful war"

   "an awful risk"

   Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible

5. adjective. exceptionally bad or displeasing

   "atrocious taste"

   "abominable workmanship"

   Synonyms: abominable, atrocious, awful, painful, terrible, unspeakable

6. adjective. very unpleasant

Synonyms

awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible, abominable, atrocious, painful, unspeakable

Common word forms

dreadfuls, dreadfully, dreadfulness

Words from these letters

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