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Meaning of dreadful

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

dreadful

Pronunciation:/ˈdɹɛd.fʊl/

noun

Definitions

  1. A shocker: a report of a crime written in a provokingly lurid style.

  2. A journal or broadsheet printing such reports.

  3. A shocking or sensational crime.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Full of something causing dread, whether

  2. Full of dread, whether

adverb

Definitions

  1. Dreadfully.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dreadful

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