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Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
dreadful adj	(awful, frightening)	terrible adj mf
		espantoso/a adj
	There was a dreadful storm on the night Michelle arrived in the town.
	Hubo una tormenta terrible el día que Michelle llegó al pueblo.
dreadful adj	(very unpleasant)	terrible adj mf
		espantoso/a adj
		desagradable adj mf
	The news of the politician's affair caused a dreadful scandal.
	Las noticias de la aventura del político causaron un escándalo terrible.
dreadful adj	(person: unwell)	terrible adj mf
		fatal adj mf
		horrible adj mf
		espantoso/a adj
	Are you feeling OK? You look dreadful.
	¿Te sientes bien? Luces terrible.

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
penny dreadful n	historical, UK (sensationalist fiction) (figurado, peyorativo)	novela barata nf + adj
	(peyorativo)	novelucha nf

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'dreadful' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

In the English description:

execrable - ghastly - horrendous - horrific - unholy - unspeakable

Spanish:

indecente - tremendo - atrocidad - birrioso - desorejado - hecho una lástima - horrendo - horrible - horrísono - horroroso - infame - infernal - insufrible - ominoso - pavoroso - terrible

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Synonyms: terrible, horrible, appalling, offensive, awful, more...

Collocations: UK: a dreadful [person, child, man, woman, husband], that is dreadful to hear!, it was dreadful to [see, watch], more...

Forum discussions with the word(s) "dreadful" in the title:

At the end of a long dreadful I always have your messages
dreadful to me was the coming home in the raw twilight
It's a mighty mean and a dreadful sorrow
Pretty dreadful
splitting/dreadful/awful
The dreadful part of it
The most dreadful (infamous) case
what he calls the ‘dreadful hoohah’ over ‘China Girl’
(a) dreadful anger - articles - English Only forum
about the commission of a dreadful crime - English Only forum
as ye will [answer] at the dreadful day of judgment - English Only forum
dread / dreadful - English Only forum
dreaded vs dreadful - English Only forum
Dreadful as it is - English Only forum
dreadful heaving in his lungs - English Only forum
dreadful questioning - English Only forum
Dreadful thinking - English Only forum
Dreary and dreadful beats the sea at the shore. - English Only forum
I am not dreadful now, Dora? - English Only forum
I thought the book's writing was dreadful, and its conception <was> even worse. - English Only forum
knowing how - dreadful it was - English Only forum
Not that dreadful tart - English Only forum
panning a truly dreadful play - English Only forum
penny dreadful - English Only forum
pickled in a dreadful manner. - English Only forum
quited readful (quite dreadful) - English Only forum
saluted us the dreadful Noise of the Moors Drums and Trumpet - English Only forum
taking some dreadful knocks - English Only forum
The idea of a child being taught how to become a thief is to me incredibly dreadful. - English Only forum
The liberation from a dreadful past - English Only forum
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