All dreadful synonyms
dreadΒ·ful
D d adj dreadful
- horrible β causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
- atrocious β If you describe something as atrocious, you are emphasizing that its quality is very bad.
- horrific β causing horror.
- ghastly β shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible: a ghastly murder.
- horrendous β shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
- abominable β Something that is abominable is very unpleasant or bad.
- distressing β great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
- tremendous β extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
- alarming β Something that is alarming makes you feel afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
- monstrous β frightful or hideous, especially in appearance; extremely ugly.
- terrific β extraordinarily great or intense: terrific speed.
- rotten β decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- tragic β characteristic or suggestive of tragedy: tragic solemnity.
- hideous β horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
- grievous β causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- shameful β causing shame: shameful behavior.
- dire β causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible: a dire calamity.
- awful β If you say that someone or something is awful, you dislike that person or thing or you think that they are not very good.
- grim β stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
- terrible β distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
- appalling β Something that is appalling is so bad or unpleasant that it shocks you.
- frightful β such as to cause fright; dreadful, terrible, or alarming: A frightful howl woke us.
- lousy β infested with lice.
- bad β If you say that it is bad that something happens, you mean it is unacceptable, unfortunate, or wrong.
- shocking β causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- beastly β If you describe something as beastly, you mean that it is very unpleasant.
- creepy β If you say that something or someone is creepy, you mean they make you feel very nervous or frightened.
- fearful β causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition.
- formidable β causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- frozen β past participle of freeze.
- gross β without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
- icky β repulsive or distasteful.
- mean β to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
- spooky β like or befitting a spook or ghost; suggestive of spooks.
- wicked β evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous: wicked people; wicked habits.
- godawful β extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!
- grody β repulsive; disgusting; nauseating.
adjective dreadful
- outrageous β of the nature of or involving gross injury or wrong: an outrageous slander.
- vile β wretchedly bad: a vile humor.
- frightening β to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.