How to use dreadful in a sentence

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• I had a dreadful nightmare last night; I hope I sleep better tonight.From the entry tonight
• This dreadful idea is the spawn of a large business conglomerate.From the entry spawn
• It was a dreadful interview; I have no hope of getting the job.From the entry interview
• He aimed a dreadful chopper at Baily’s nob.From the entry nob
• Look at that chavvy top she's wearing! It's dreadful!From the entry chavvy
• A dreadful scream pierced the silence.From the entry pierce
• It’s all been a dreadful embarrassment, but why should anyone outside Germany be concerned?2022 September 23, Jason Farago, “The World’s Most Prestigious Art Exhibition Is Over. Maybe Forever.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry pacesetter
• Yet again, something dreadful and new which he doesn't understand is going viral.2019 April 10, qntm, “CASE HATE RED”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 135. From the entry viral
• You can diagnose yourself as having every dreadful disease on the planet with just one sniffle.2019, Rachel C. Swanson, Refine and Restore: Revive Your Heart, Release Your Purpose, New York, NY: FaithWords, →ISBN, page unknown. From the entry Googlitis
• What a dreadful goal – the long up-and-under – to leave England on their knees.2014 June 20, Daniel Taylor, “World Cup 2014: Uruguay sink England as Suárez makes his mark”, in guardian.co.uk. From the entry up-and-under
• Even so, the tank emitted a dreadful smell and frequently had to be scrubbed clean.2011, Lucy Worsley, “The Whole World is a Toilet”, in If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home, London: Faber and Faber…. From the entry easement
• No doubt they would be talking about the affreux – dreadful – Germans.2011, Alan Furst, Red Gold, →ISBN. From the entry affreux
• And bitterest of all was that he, Songiterr, had sent him to his dreadful, fiery doom.2010, David Luders, Cataclysm, page 91. From the entry light of one's eye
• First, you must scan a series of dreadful, low-res QuickTime panoramas looking for evidence..2003, Facts on File, Software and CD-ROM Reviews on File, volume 19, Facts on File, Incorporated, page 240. From the entry pixel-hunting
• She became legendary for the geas that propelled her to prophesy dreadful happenings.2000, Ly De Angeles, Witchcraft: Theory and Practice, Llewellyn Worldwide, page 176. From the entry geas
• Even a regular reader of the most dreadful pseudogothic periodicals must have felt a frisson of horror.1997, Jan Bondeson, A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities, page 97. From the entry pseudogothic
• The most startlingly dreadful was imitation mozzarella by Universal Foods Corp. of Madison, Wis.1977 February 3, Mimi Sheraton, “Fake Cheeses Rate ‘Yucks’”, in The Tennessean, volume 71, number 301, Nashville, Tenn., page 68, column 1. From the entry mealful
• On the night in question, the whole house was awakened by a dreadful cats'-concert.1976, Valentin Kataev, A Mosaic of Life Or, The Magic Horn of Oberon: Memoirs of a Russian Childhood, page 180. From the entry ill-bred
• Her big head has coloured to a dim and dreadful madder.1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan. From the entry madder
• I - I just hate Nancy!" "Oh, Nancy, what a dreadful thing to say!1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 7, in Pollyanna, L.C. Page, →OCLC. From the entry nancy
• I’m afraid I’m going to be a dreadful trial to you.1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 12, in Anne of Green Gables, Toronto: Ryerson Press, page 108. From the entry trial
• "He was a dreadful person, a bully to everyone else, but to me something infinitely worse.1903 December 26, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry odious
• How he escaped a broken neck in that dreadful place no human being will ever ken.1902 January, John Buchan, “The Outgoing of the Tide”, in The Watcher by the Threshold, and Other Tales, Edinburgh; London: William…. From the entry stand
• Then he fell to gabbling strange and dreadful things which were not clearly understandable.1900, Mark Twain, chapter 4, in The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg. From the entry gabble
• This battle is gradually taking dreadful dimensions.2020 February, Paritosh Basu, “DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION – RISK ENABLED PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE”, in The Management Accountant…. From the entry innovent
• Above the trees and parallel to the line of darkness, everlasting Everest knifed up into the sky with dreadful majesty.2017, Keith Devine, Wilderness of Ice. From the entry knife up
• “Ah yes,” Lance replied, “this dreadful war.2015, John Strassel, chapter 74, in Exiled to Eden, Denver, Colo.: Outskirts Press, →ISBN, page 829. From the entry what is one to do
• She said "Oh god, you've got to preserve it." It was in a dreadful state when we found it, absolutely mullered.2012, Will Ellsworth-Jones, quoting Mark Ellis, “All Aboard for the Banksy Tour”, in Banksy: The Man behind the Wall, London: Aurum Press…. From the entry mullered
• Durhang had a way of making one ravenous, sufficient to overcome the dreadful misflavours of such malodorous staples.2010, Steven Erikson, The Tales Of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, Vol 1, page 102. From the entry misflavour
• Still, in the New York area, plenty of zoogoers seemed unperturbed by the dreadful and extremely unusual episode.2007 December 27, Ken Belson, “Tiger on the Loose: Can It Happen Here?”, in New York Times. From the entry zoogoer
• Négritude played a dreadful role in this.2000, Lucien Giles Taylor, Créolité: The Anatomy of an Antillean Literary Movement, page 106. From the entry bastardism
• She was bossy and proud, a dreadful sag of skin and bones, and she was a devilish hard worker.1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, A Man Called Horse; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 173. From the entry devilish
• The pipy arms, ending in bony claws were outthrust as if ankylosed in the posture of an eternal dreadful groping.August 1935, Clark Ashton Smith, Weird Tales, "The Treader of the Dust". From the entry ankylosed
• Weston came about ten o'clock he broke the dreadful news that I was mumpish too, and sent me off to bed.1932, Improvement Era, volume 36, page 895. From the entry mumpish
• Can you conceive of anything so dreadful?"1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond. From the entry tush
• But how much more dreadful to 'pass the time' when you were strong, and life were yours for the taking!1919 October, John Galsworthy, chapter I, in Saint’s Progress, London: William Heinemann, published December 1919, →OCLC, part IV, page 357. From the entry for the taking

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.

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Questions about dreadful in a sentence

How do you use dreadful in a sentence?

Dreadful is used as an adjective, adverb and noun. For example: “I had a dreadful nightmare last night; I hope I sleep better tonight.”

What is a short sentence with dreadful?

“I'm dreadful sorry.”

What does dreadful mean?

Dreadful means genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky.