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.
