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								causing fear or dread or terror a dreadful storm
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								exceptionally bad or displeasing
 dreadful manners
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								very unpleasant
 
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			| The following are synonyms for 'dreadful'. Click on any of them to get both Bibliodata's full list of common definitions and a further set of synonyms. 
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		| alarming
					
		
					
		bad
					
		
					
		unpleasant |  
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