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dreadful [ˈdredfəl] ADJ

dreadful atrocity
pavoroso(-a)
dreadful mistake
dreadful service
péssimo(-a)
I feel dreadful about it

Usage examples with dreadful

I feel dreadful about it

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Under his threats and the dreadful fear of failure, she labours on with it, making herself mentally and physically ill.
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Many longtime families had been taken away by this dreadful war.
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In these times all prisoners, men, women and children, were held together in reportedly dreadful conditions.
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He finished his first novel at 16, which he describes as dreadful.
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The term dreadful was originally assumed to express societal anxiety or moral alarm over the new profitable innovation directed at the youth.
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Major recurring themes in the work include loneliness and the dreadful feeling of loss when someone dear dies.
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To those who fully admit the immortality of the human soul, the destruction of our world will not appear so dreadful.
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The appearance of this dreadful phenomenon was followed by a thunderous roar.
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She must have been all night at sea, out in that dreadful storm.
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The trial begins, presided over by a judge who makes dreadful jokes throughout.
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