On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Dreadful. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as awful or terrible and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Dreadful meaning
- Full of something causing dread, whether
- Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky.
Synonyms of Dreadful
Dreadful vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Dreadful
- The main meaning on this page is: Full of something causing dread, whether | Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky. | Full of something causing dread, whether
- Useful related words include: awful, terrible, abominable, atrocious.
- Possible Dutch translations are: vervaarlijk.
- In the example corpus, dreadful often appears in combinations such as: the dreadful, penny dreadful, dreadful and.
Context around Dreadful
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dreadful
- In this selection, "dreadful" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, absolutely, scary, penny, game, round and affair stand out and add context to how "dreadful" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a dreadful dreadful game and addressing their dreadful round robin. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dreadful" sits close to words such as adidas, analyse and appalled, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dreadful
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He said: "It was a dreadful, dreadful game. (8 words)
Some of our heroes participated in dreadful acts. (8 words)
And he promised a full investigation into the ‘unlawful and dreadful affair’. (12 words)
In real life however they may have four children without a case of sickle cell disease in any one of them or if the dice of life is heavily loaded against them, all four children will suffer the dreadful consequence of being SS. (43 words)
In the four days after his dreadful Game 1 start against the Arizona Diamondbacks, went through his usual between-starts routine, hoping to take the mound for Game 4 on Thursday for a chance to rebound and help keep the Dodgers’ season alive. (43 words)
It contributed to a feeling of togetherness between players and supporters at Stamford Bridge as the team put a dreadful last seven days — which culminated in a red card for new signing Joao Felix in a defeat at Fulham on Thursday — behind them. (43 words)
Example sentences (20)
He said: "It was a dreadful, dreadful game.
A 77-year-old grandmother, who lives on Patrick Road, near the tragic crash scene, said: “It’s absolutely dreadful.
A first half goal from Seamus Flanagan provided the cushion for Limerick, but they could never truly shake off a determined Waterford challenge when they came closest to addressing their dreadful round robin record.
And he promised a full investigation into the ‘unlawful and dreadful affair’.
At the same time, a humorless workplace would be a dreadful place to work in, and research shows that when managers fail to take humor seriously, it demoralizes their teams and impairs their performance.
But he’s been the lone bright spot on a dreadful Sharks team.
Dreadful fear that Eagles of the days of Westerhof send to opponents is what is haunting our Eagles right now.
However, food inflation is scary, dreadful, and dangerous, it reduces the nutritional and vitamins of the poor, denying them the necessary health benefits that are gotten through food consumption.
I felt spooked, some dreadful feeling in my gut. I told him I had to be leaving, which I did.
In a painstaking process, the prosecution walked the jury through the fated events of that dreadful night, replaying the grim footage over and over as Lefoe sat quietly in the dock.
In a semi-staged reading of “At Dusk”, “Thomas”, “Penny Dreadful” and “Drought” at Margarita Georgiadis’ and Max Cullen’s Picture House Gallery in Gunning during 2021, Nixon was joined by Christopher Carroll, Heather Keens and Holly Ross.
In real life however they may have four children without a case of sickle cell disease in any one of them or if the dice of life is heavily loaded against them, all four children will suffer the dreadful consequence of being SS.
In the four days after his dreadful Game 1 start against the Arizona Diamondbacks, went through his usual between-starts routine, hoping to take the mound for Game 4 on Thursday for a chance to rebound and help keep the Dodgers’ season alive.
It contributed to a feeling of togetherness between players and supporters at Stamford Bridge as the team put a dreadful last seven days — which culminated in a red card for new signing Joao Felix in a defeat at Fulham on Thursday — behind them.
Nowak described the new law as “dreadful” at the opening day of the TUC Congress in Liverpool.
One person said: "This is dreadful news for Middlesbrough easily the best real ale pub in the town.
Perhaps playing a bigger role in soft performances among solar energy-related names is the downright dreadful 1-year returns in the oil patch.
Scarface’s lyrics about the perils of Black life, “From Amsterdam to Amarillo,” are a dreadful reminder to Black Men regarding the tenuous nature of the next moment.
Some of our heroes participated in dreadful acts.
The Colorado Buffaloes had a dreadful 2022 campaign, in which they won just 1-of-12 games.
Common combinations with dreadful
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the dreadful 23×
- penny dreadful 13×
- dreadful and 11×
- was dreadful 10×
- that dreadful 8×
- is dreadful 8×
- as dreadful 7×
- in dreadful 7×
- of dreadful 6×
- and dreadful 5×