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The Meaning of dreadful

  • (a.) Full of dread or terror; fearful.
  • (a.) Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm.
  • (a.) Inspiring awe or reverence; awful.

Synonyms

irritating , indescribable , indefinable , awful , sore , odious , unnameable , execrable , horrifying , frightful , amazing , horrendous , severe , tremendous , dreaded , dire , afflictive , flagitious , grievous , monstrous , atrocious , ineffable , painful , detestable , awing , awed , wicked , dread(a) , awe-inspiring , unspeakable , horrific , nasty , terrible , horrible , abominable , frightening , unutterable , awesome , fearsome , fearful , direful , untellable , ugly , alarming , majestic , solemn , appalling , dread , grand , noble , stately , august , portentous , imposing , shocking , terrific , dread(prenominal)

Antonyms

pleasant , good , unalarming , base , contemptible , inferior , humble , mean , vulgar , paltry , beggarly , despicable , lowly , undignified , commonplace

Rhymes

breughel , pampel , perhydrol , perdurable , erythrophyll , submersible , tropological , ordinal , metaphysical , detestable , musial , gambrell , parenteral , bucketful , raenell , unappealable , assurbanipal , mcdowell , machinable , successful , peduncle , trustful , casual , palpable , undutiful , unwatchful , bryological , beyerle , amatol , bicycle , dysteleological , pikeville , unallowable , wearable , zeeble , spur-rowel , ruybal scheibel , laible , tegminal , domesticable , impossible , sterkel , lymphangial , serotinal , medial , synclinal , multivocal , unnational , cyclical , untypical , hackel , esophageal , carnell , dodecasyllable , submergible , hinkel , conchoidal , stammrel , muscle , terrel , trafficable , tetzel , ethereal , commeasurable , immotile , lethal , abuttal , boggle , augmentable , liberal , urushiol , cicatricial , ambassadorial , biomaterial , cambell , fistful , suprarational , unpolitical , fiddle , pentasyllable , spinel , knoebel kobel , libidinal , wrinkle , fencl , monarchical , pommel , newfangle , dressel , relational , annihilable , pirkle , isoamyl , ingle jingle , biochemical , new-model , uninhabitable , schwegel , shimel , irreversible , participle , septimal , hasdrubal , incalculable , anibal , preamble , forestial , berrill , readable , festival , ruckle , hospital , fennell , inerrable , rumple , declinable , clarabelle , schauble schobel , branchial , raphael(3) , perissodactyl , dotal , cappel , gettel , rabaul , preludial , inkle , biodegradable , evaluable , starkville , birtle , damsel , occipital , unfaithful , gravel , polygonal , nosal , reichle , pirkl , taxable , thermocouple , forceful , sacrificial , mathematical , aetiological , fadel , unessential , tubercle , nathaniel , tuggle , achromatophil , half-fertile , demurral , halliwell , multicultural , pennell , jeffersonville , holdenville , unicursal , barschel , mottl , congregational , disrespectable , available , vigesimal , indefensible , people , benzal , inquisitorial , chordotonal , pyrogallol , filtrable , isoclinal , supportable , ophiological , buell , subdual , pummel , problematical , soluble , ideological , micropaleontological , tarnopol , porbeagle , triable , bicentennial , pronominal , natatorial , trinomial , uncivil , congenial , communicable , surcingle , doble , vicar-general , testimonial , inthral , alimental , reposeful , euhedral , vessell , spittle , biliteral , reconcilable , ratable , eosinophil , reparable , haematocryal , jubal , meryl meryll , subglacial , trommel , whimsical , nipple , liveable , octangle , ineffectual , pointel , argental , unmalleable , chuckle , inconsiderable , thistle , estle , occasional , auteuil , aleksandropol , bazzle , periodical , eurythermal , osteological , comfortable , apterygial , fluxional , kassel , macdowell , receivable , denominational , wanne-eickel , pinckneyville , avitabile , tranquil , aspherical , capable , glossatorial , interdigital , motyl , taylorville , triapsidal , fetial , hartselle , nowell , pikul quickel , stifel , hypothermal , vrabel , watchful , appendicle , sulfinyl , radel saddle , circumbasal , unfathomable , illimitable , carle , jebel , malleable , woelfle , serpasil , effectual , loeffel , clintonville , coaxial , kingston-upon-hull , weisel , sigel , kull , cineol , ample , blissful , crewel , metal , foundational , anhedral , caporal , hopple , afebrile , fenagle , quotable , appenzell , hassle , fontanelle , kendall , reciprocal , farnall farnell , armorial , equilateral , percival , greenbottle , bristol , drumble , randle , aliceville , sprightful , sclerotial , philomel , half-willful , delineable , wadel , ineducable , myocoele , examinatorial , self-approval , unshockable , pseudopodial , macconnell , eatable , fickle hickel , interradial , immiscible , gripple , vibratile , tactical , huckle , psychopathological , bifocal , syringeal , gayal , rodell , keeble , trussell , transsexual , duple , saurel , angell , chevronel , unmerciful , wadeable , ambrosial , histochemical , biopharmaceutical , agronomical , brechtel , creditable , viable , tousle , arglebargle , procathedral , throttle , contestable , nival , kimel , polytonal , winkel winkle , archil , scissel , kamel , inappreciable , unforeseeable , consul , hoppel , conjectural , allyl , fravel , indefeasible , ruddell , crudele , fardel , scuttle , ahull , espousal , pixel , archidiaconal , oropharyngeal , formal , persall , unmindful , baal , radicel , nytril , custodial , infallible , naval , auspicial , madl , suggestible , quadruple , turtle , tractebel , unrepeatable , cricopharyngeal , siddall , mccaskill , immobile , stammel , amenable , tubal , inconsequential , semple , garrol , choral , diphthongal , coquilhatville , karakul , conventicle , mcdonell , fenzel , antipersonell , hogle , certifiable , isothermal , implacable , acle , notarial , frontoparietal , hysell , hipple , bul , phloroglucinol , squirrel , intercable , acritical , edictal , knoble , decile , cacodyl , hydrodiuril , hamill , ungrammatical , quadrel , knittel knittle , littoral , mangle , ousel , healthful , oxidable , conceptual , unhealthful , lentil , atlantal , entrail , rehearsal , suable , consequential , russell , girosol , heterocycle , hubbell , typical , consensual , mediatorial , ethyl , violle , visceral , grenell , unreconstructible , ichthammol , quadrangle , conal , yeakel , treatable , covel , distensible , vectorial , twibill , amphibological , unicameral , chamomile , corabelle , candolle , footle , mesometeorological , rappel , unobtainable , knowable , tectricial , henschel , distasteful , semicircle , sedile , pedrell , brasel , teleological , swindle , unnameable , chenille , meningeal , barnesville , unnavigable , penal , providential , stempel , clerical , megill , pizzle , liebel liebl , carousal , extendible , preaxial , oenomel , stubble