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Webster 1913 Edition
Dreadful
Dread′ful
,Adj.
1.
Full of dread or terror; fearful.
[Obs.]
“With dreadful heart.” Chaucer.
2.
Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible;
“ Dreadful gloom.” as, a
. dreadful
stormMilton.
For all things are less
dreadful
than they seem. Wordsworth.
Syn. – Fearful; frightful; terrific; terrible; horrible; horrid; formidable; tremendous; awful; venerable. See
Frightful
. Webster 1828 Edition
Dreadful
DREADFUL
,Adj.
1.
Impressing great fear; terrible; formidable; as a dreadful storm, or dreadful night.The great and dreadful day of the Lord. Malachi 4.
2.
Awful; venerable.How dreadful is this place. Genesis 48.