Dictionary Entry

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

1adjective
Full of dread or terror; fearful.
2adjective
Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm.
3adjective
Inspiring awe or reverence; awful.
4adjective
causing fear or dread or terror
"the awful war"
"an awful risk"
Synonyms
awful dire direful dread dreaded fearful fearsome frightening horrendous horrific terrible
5adjective
exceptionally bad or displeasing
"atrocious taste"
"abominable workmanship"
Synonyms
abominable atrocious awful painful terrible unspeakable
6adjective
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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