dreadful in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for dreadful in the English»French Dictionary

dreadful [Brit ˈdrɛdfʊl, ˈdrɛdf(ə)l, Am ˈdrɛdfəl] ADJ

1. dreadful:

dreadful (unpleasant) weather, person

affreux/-euse

dreadful day

épouvantable

(emphatic) what a dreadful nuisance!

quelle barbe! inf

a dreadful mess/waste of time

une pagaille/une perte de temps incroyable

he made a dreadful fuss

il a fait des histoires à n'en plus finir

I had a dreadful time trying to convince him

j'ai eu toutes les peines du monde à le convaincre

2. dreadful (poor quality):

dreadful film, book, meal

lamentable

3. dreadful (horrifying):

dreadful accident, injury

épouvantable

dreadful crime

atroce

4. dreadful (ill):

to feel/look dreadful

ne pas se sentir/ne pas avoir l'air bien du tout

5. dreadful (inspiring fear) liter:

dreadful foe, weapon

redoutable

6. dreadful (embarrassed):

to feel dreadful about sth/about doing/about having done

avoir honte de qc/de faire/d'avoir fait

penny dreadful N inf, dated

penny dreadful

roman m à quatre sous

Translations for dreadful in the French»English Dictionary

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effroyable cri, spectacle

dreadful, horrifying

effroyable misère, douleur, vacarme

dreadful, awful

exécrable humeur

dreadful

exécrable journée, nourriture, temps

dreadful, awful

épouvantable (gén)

dreadful, terrible

affreux (affreuse) crime, attentat, tyrannie, personne

despicable, dreadful

affreux (affreuse) malentendu

dreadful, terrible

c'est affreux!

it's awful ou dreadful!

affreux (affreuse) (cruel) torture, douleur, accident, blessure

dreadful, terrible

redoutable mal

dreadful

horrible moment, séjour

dreadful

horrible nourriture

dreadful

atroce blessure, sentiment, nouvelle

dreadful

tu es atroce!

you are dreadful!

effrayant (effrayante) maigreur, pâleur

dreadful

il a une mine effrayante

he looks dreadful

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Translations for dreadful in the English»French Dictionary

dreadful ADJ

1. dreadful (terrible):

dreadful mistake

terrible

dreadful accident

atroce

2. dreadful (bad quality):

dreadful

qui ne vaut rien

3. dreadful (very great):

dreadful annoyance, bore

gros(se)

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to be in a dreadful plight

être dans une situation désespérée

Translations for dreadful in the French»English Dictionary

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effroyable

dreadful

effrayant(e) silence

dreadful

terrible catastrophe

dreadful

terrible

dreadful

triste époque, mémoire

dreadful

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The marriage proved to be a dreadful mistake as her husband gloried in making her miserable, and their baby was stillborn.

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Since then, they fall into the power of the dreadful trackman.

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She must have been all night at sea, out in that dreadful storm.

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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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The weather has changed, and it is dreadful outside.

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So dreadful are they that one might be forgiven for thinking there must be something to them.

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Many longtime families had been taken away by this dreadful war.

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He finished his first novel at 16, which he describes as dreadful.

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He avoided television, which he called a dreadful fire that burns with lightning speed.

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The song explores the contrast between the dreadful working conditions he endured and life in the cathedral above him, which carried on as normal.

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