dreadful

Definition:
1. Very bad or unpleasant.
2. Causing fear or dread or terror.
3. Exceptionally bad or displeasing.
4. Very unpleasant.

Use 'dreadful' in a sentence:

• 1. What dreadful weather!
• 2. Trevor Ariza, dreadful in this series, missed 7 of 8 shots, including all seven of his 3-point attempts.
• 3. He had a dreadful attack of vertigo.
• 4. But the Labor Department's latest jobs reports and other recent data reports present a strong case for crowning baby boomers as the greatest victims of the recession and its dreadful consequences.
• 5. He has made a dreadful mistake at his job.
• 6. Jane looked dreadful.
• 7. Dreadful doubts began to enter my mind.
• 8. It's that dreadful murder.
• 9. Mighty and dreadful, but you are not so.
• 10. A history of long and effortless success can be a dreadful handicap, but, if properly handled, it may become a driving force.
• 11. The play last night was just dreadful.
• 12. I feel absolutely dreadful about what has happened.
• 13. Whoever could have done such a dreadful thing?
• 14. I am going to send you to the cellar, to think over your dreadful misdeeds, in company with the rats.
• 15. The time of suspense is dreadful.
• 16. Whilst he lay there benumbed with terror, dreadful tidings were speeding through the palace.
• 17. It sounds as if they might have made a dreadful mistake.
• 18. Are you all right? You look dreadful.
• 19. They suffered dreadful injuries.
• 20. Arrived at the dreadful place, he wormed his small body through the crowd and saw the dismal spectacle.
• 21. "That was a dreadful snowstorm"; and he sighed again, and was silent.
• 22. He admitted that the government was in 'a dreadful hole'.
• 23. The girl shuddered at the thought of the dreadful possibilities.
• 24. To Michael the loneliness was dreadful.
• 25. Three dreadful days and nights dragged their tedious hours along, and the village sank into a hopeless stupor.
• 26. Finally, making a dreadful mess, they devour the fruit.
• 27. There was a dreadful scream coming from outside the window.
• 28. My financial situation is dreadful.
• 29. My typing is quite dreadful.
• 30. John is a dreadful snob.
• 31. If he had only known then the dreadful things that were to happen to him on account of his disobedience!
• 32. They would sit there in the empty nursery, recalling fondly every smallest detail of that dreadful evening.
• 33. What a dreadful thing to say!
• 34. It is the most dreadful moment of my life: the whole world is leagued against me!
• 35. How dreadful!
• 36. Two hours on a dreadful night like this are as long as two years.
• 37. If all these were not enough, famine is a dreadful possibility.
• 38. There stood poor Gerda now, without shoes or gloves, in the very middle of dreadful icy Finland.
• 39. She is convinced that an old Sesemann is wandering about, expiating some dreadful deed.
• 40. We've made a dreadful mistake.
• 41. I'm afraid there's been a dreadful mistake.
• 42. She's making a dreadful mess of things.
• 43. The victim suffered a dreadful injury and lost a lot of blood.
• 44. This was a dreadful crime and a severe sentence is necessary.
• 45. They told us the dreadful news.
• 46. We never seem to stay together for very long before we have a dreadful row.
• 47. Film critics are dreadful moaners.
• 48. Her voice broke as she told us the dreadful news.
• 49. It's dreadful the way they treat their staff.
• 50. He went on about his irresponsible behaviour, the dreadful effect it would have on his children and so on. It was all sackcloth and ashes.