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dreadful

/dred-fuhl/US // ˈdrɛd fəl //UK // (ˈdrɛdfʊl) //

可怕的,骇人听闻,骇人听闻的,可怕

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible: a dreadful storm.
    • : inspiring awe or reverence.
    • : extremely bad, unpleasant, or ugly: dreadful cooking; a dreadful hat.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    British.

    • : penny dreadful.
    • : a periodical given to highly sensational matter.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.horrible, frightening
Synonyms
abominable可憎的,可恶的,可恨的,可恶alarming惊人的,惊心动魄,令人震惊的,惊心动魄的appalling骇人听闻,令人震惊,令人震惊的,骇人听闻的atrocious骇人听闻,骇人听闻的,残暴的,残暴awful可怕的,糟糕的,可怕的是,糟糕的是bad不好,坏的,坏,不好的dire严峻的,严酷的,严峻,严峻的形势distressing苦恼,忧虑,困扰,忧伤frightful可怕的,恐怖的,吓人的,可怕ghastly惨不忍睹,惨不忍睹的,骇人听闻,骇人听闻的grievous忧伤的,悲痛的,悲痛,悲伤的grim严峻的,严酷的,严峻,严肃的hideous狰狞,狰狞的,丑陋的,丑陋horrendous可怕的,骇人听闻的,骇人听闻,可怕horrific可怕的,骇人听闻的,骇人听闻,恐怖的lousy蹩脚的,糟糕的,蹩脚,糟糕的是monstrous可怕的,可怕,可怖的,可笑的rotten腐烂的,腐烂,腐败的,腐朽shameful可耻,可耻的,无耻之徒,无耻shocking令人震惊的,触目惊心,令人震惊,震惊terrible可怕的,可怕的是,恐怖的,可怕terrific很棒的,很好的,很棒,很好tragic悲惨的,悲剧性的,悲剧性,悲惨tremendous巨大的,极大的,巨大,庞大的beastly兽性十足,兽性大发,兽性的,兽性creepy令人毛骨悚然的,毛骨悚然,令人毛骨悚然,毛骨悚然的fearful恐惧的,怵目惊心,恐惧,害怕formidable厉害的,艰巨的,强大的,可怕的frozen冻结,冻结的,冷冻,冷冻的godawful糟透了,糟糕透顶,糟糕的,惨不忍睹grody格罗迪,格鲁迪,格劳迪,格罗蒂gross总金额,总的来说,总额,总的说来icky粘稠的,粘稠,棘手的,棘手的问题mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是shuddersome颤颤巍巍,颤抖的人,颤颤巍巍的,颤抖spooky诡异的,诡异,怪异的,怪异wicked邪恶的,邪恶,恶人,邪恶的人
Antonyms

Examples

  • I guess the reason it needs a lot of chocolate is the actual cookie is rather dreadful.

  • As a glasses-noob suffering from the dreadful fog myself, I turned to the internet for answers.

  • She is a threat to its isolation, its purity, and its unknowable and dreadful secrets.

  • If there were to be any sort of silver lining to dreadful circumstances, this was it.

  • Toronto’s offense checks in just outside the top 10 for the full season, and it’s been dreadful during the restart.

  • Is there a more dreadful sensation than that of your stomach wringing itself out like a washcloth?

  • He looked, that dreadful afternoon, as if he had just come from his barber, tailor and haberdasher.

  • In the novel, the moral situation Frances ends up in is dreadful.

  • Any of the three on its own would have been dreadful enough.

  • There are some hopeful elements in an otherwise dreadful day for human rights.

  • The conflict in Tom's puzzled heart sharpened that evening into dreadful edges that cut him mercilessly whichever way he turned.

  • He could not bear to open his dreadful situation to his Uncle David, nor to kill himself, nor to defy the vengeance of Longcluse.

  • At other times they have a dreadful look of being fibs invented for the purpose of covering a fault.

  • Nevertheless, this world of mankind to-day seems to me to be a very sinister and dreadful world.

  • She had wakened up in the night, and perceived with dreadful clearness that trouble lay in front of her.