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dreadiest

dreadiest is the superlative form of dready.

Meaning of dready

Adjective (1)

dready (comparative dreadier or more dready, superlative dreadiest or most dready)

  1. Characterised by dread.
    • A moaning river swelling as it flowed,
      Whose tide our course to dreadier regions showed.1882, Henry Iliowizi, Sol: An Epic Poem, page 192

Adjective (2)

dready (comparative dreadier or more dready, superlative dreadiest or most dready)

  1. (slang) Resembling or characteristic of dreads.
    • According to H. the dreadiest hippies have turned into dressed up ragers and the "kindest" hippie men are mad on sex, passion and illusions.1996, Amber Gayle, My Evil Twin Sister Number 2: Hometown Interstate-5, page 14

Questions about dreadiest

What is dreadiest the superlative form of?
Dreadiest is the superlative form of dready.

Words near dreadiest in the dictionary

  1. dreadfuls
  2. dreadhawk
  3. dreadhawks
  4. dreadhead
  5. dreadheads
  6. dreadiest
  7. dreadily
  8. dreading
  9. dreadingly
  10. dreadless
  11. dreadlessly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dreadiest (page history and authors); dready (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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