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dreadful meaning in Punjabi

ਭਿਆਨਕ bhiānak

/ˈdɹɛd.fl̩/

dreadful in Punjabi: ਭਿਆਨਕ (bhiānak). In English, dreadful means genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky.

Punjabi words for dreadful

dreadful, fearsome, fearful, terrible, terrifying, dire, horrible, horrifying, horrific, horrendous
ਭਿਆਨਕ bhiānak

English meaning of dreadful

  1. adjective Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky.
  2. adjective Unpleasant, awful, very bad (also used as an intensifier).
  3. adjective Awesome, awe-inspiring, causing feelings of reverence.
  4. adjective Scared, afraid, frightened.

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Questions about dreadful in Punjabi

What is the meaning of dreadful in Punjabi?
Dreadful in Punjabi is ਭਿਆਨਕ (bhiānak).
dreadful ਦਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੀ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ?
Dreadful: ਭਿਆਨਕ (bhiānak).
What does dreadful mean in English?
Dreadful means genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky.

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Punjabi words from Wiktionary's Punjabi entries whose English meaning is “dreadful”: ਭਿਆਨਕ. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: dreadful (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Punjabi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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