dreadful

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Extremely bad or unpleasant.

   The weather on our holiday was absolutely dreadful.

2. 2
   adj

   Causing fear, shock, or great sadness.

   News of the dreadful accident shocked the whole town.

From Middle English dredful, dredfull, dredeful (also dreful). By surface analysis, dread + -ful.

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