- causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible: a dreadful storm.
- inspiring awe or reverence.
- extremely bad, unpleasant, or ugly: dreadful cooking; a dreadful hat.
- penny dreadful.
- a periodical given to highly sensational matter.
- extremely disagreeable, shocking, or bad
- (intensifier)
- causing dread; terrifying
- inspiring awe
