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dretful

dretful adjective: dreadful.

Adjective

dretful (comparative more dretful, superlative most dretful)

  1. (archaic) dreadful

Adverb

dretful (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) dreadfully, extremely

Forms of dretful

comparativemore dretful
superlativemost dretful

Questions about dretful

What does dretful mean?
Dretful means dreadful.
What part of speech is dretful?
Dretful can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near dretful in the dictionary

  1. dret
  2. dretch
  3. dretched
  4. dretches
  5. dretching
  6. dretful
  7. Dretskean
  8. Dretskian
  9. dreul
  10. dreuled
  11. dreuling

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