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dreadful

/ˈdrɛd.fəl/

dreadfuladjective

more dreadful

Comp.

most dreadful

Super.

/ˈdrɛd.fəl/

Translations

effroyable

The dreadful storm left the town in ruins.

L'effroyable tempête a laissé la ville en ruines.

épouvantable

She had a dreadful headache that lasted all day.

Elle avait un mal de tête épouvantable qui a duré toute la journée.

terrible

The dreadful storm left the town in ruins.

La tempête terrible a laissé la ville en ruines.

Additional translations

craintifS’emploie pour un état marqué par la crainte ou l’appréhension, souvent littéraire.

Definitions

Causing great fear or apprehension; terrible.

The dreadful storm left the town in ruins.

Extremely bad or unpleasant.

She had a dreadful headache that lasted all day.

Filled with or characterized by dread; fearful or apprehensive.

She cast a dreadful glance at the ominous clouds gathering above.

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dreadfulnoun

dreadfuls

Countable noun, chiefly historical/literary, as in "penny dreadful"; occasionally used in plural "dreadfuls".

Translations

roman à sensationSurtout pour les publications populaires bon marché du XIXe siècle, notamment les "penny dreadfuls".

Victorian readers gobbled up the lurid dreadfuls sold on street corners.

Les lecteurs victoriens dévoraient les romans à sensation vendus au coin des rues.

Definitions

A sensational or cheaply produced story, magazine, or novel, especially a nineteenth-century 'penny dreadful'.

Victorian readers gobbled up the lurid dreadfuls sold on street corners.

dreadfuladverb

/ˈdrɛd.fəl/

Informal/colloquial intensifier usage, chiefly British

Translations

terriblementEmploi familier comme intensifieur.

I'm dreadful sorry for the inconvenience.

Je suis terriblement désolé pour le désagrément.

Definitions

Used informally as an intensifier meaning "very" or "extremely".

I'm dreadful sorry for the inconvenience.

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