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Showing words for DREADFUL using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Dreadful

dreadful

7 Letter Words for Dreadful

dareful, defraud, fuddler

6 Letter Words for Dreadful

alfred, daured, dudler, dulfer, earful, faddle, fadeur, farded, fardel, farleu, faured, ferula, feudal, flared, fudder, fuddle, furdel, furdle, furled, ladder, larded, lauded, lauder, raddle, ruddle, udaler

5 Letter Words for Dreadful

adder, addle, adred, adrue, adure, alder, alure, aredd, arled, daled, daler, dared, dedal, dread, duler, dural, dured, faded, fader, farde, fared, farle, fauld, faurd, feral, feuar, flare, flear, fleur, flued, fluer, fraud, freud, fuder, fural, laded, lader, laude, laure, lured, readd, readl, ruled, udder, ureal, urled

4 Letter Words for Dreadful

addr, afer, alef, ardu, ared, arle, dade, daer, dale, dalf, dard, dare, daud, daur, dead, deaf, deal, dear, deda, delf, derf, deul, drad, duad, dual, duar, dude, dued, duel, duer, dule, dura, eard, earl, edda, eral, euda, fade, fard, fare, farl, feal, fear, ferd, feru, feud, flea, fled, flue, frae, frau, fuel, fula, furl, lade, laer, lard, lare, laud, lauf, laur, lead, leaf, lear, leda, leud, lude, lura, lure, rade, rale, read, real, redd, refl, rudd, rude, rued, rule, udal, ufer, ural, urde, urea

3 Letter Words for Dreadful

add, ade, aer, afd, ald, ale, alf, ard, are, arf, aru, aud, auf, aul, dad, dae, dal, dar, dau, dea, ded, def, del, der, dle, dlr, dud, due, dur, ead, ear, eau, edd, efl, ela, eld, elf, era, erd, erf, fad, far, fdr, fed, fer, feu, fld, flu, fra, fud, fur, lad, lar, lea, led, ler, leu, lud, lue, lur, rad, raf, rea, red, ref, rel, rld, rle, rud, rue, ufa, ula, ule, ura, urd, ure, urf

Definitions for Dreadful

[1] causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible: a dreadful storm.
[2] inspiring awe or reverence.
[3] extremely bad, unpleasant, or ugly: dreadful cooking; a dreadful hat.
[4] penny dreadful.
[5] a periodical given to highly sensational matter.
[6] extremely disagreeable, shocking, or bad what a dreadful play
[7] (intensifier) this is a dreadful waste of time
[8] causing dread; terrifying
[9] archaic inspiring awe

Words related to Dreadful

atrocious, horrific, ghastly, horrendous, abominable, distressing, tremendous, alarming, monstrous, terrific, rotten, tragic, hideous, grievous, shameful, dire, awful, grim, terrible, appalling

Words nearby Dreadful

drayman, drayton, drch., dre, dread, dreadful, dreadfully, dreadlocks, dreadnought, dream, dream act

Origin of Dreadful

First recorded in 1175–1225, dreadful is from the Middle English word dredful. See dread, -ful

Other words from Dreadful

dread·ful·ness , noun
qua·si-dread·ful , adjective
qua·si-dread·ful·ly , adverb

Synonyms for Dreadful

abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful, bad, dire, distressing, frightful, ghastly, grievous, grim, hideous, horrendous, horrific, lousy, monstrous, rotten, shameful, shocking, terrible, terrific, tragic, tremendous, beastly, creepy, fearful, formidable, frozen, godawful, grody, gross, icky, mean, shuddersome, spooky, wicked