dreadful
英 ['dredfʊl; -f(ə)l]
美['drɛdfəl]
英英释意
- 1. causing fear or dread or terror;
- "the awful war"
- "an awful risk"
- "dire news"
- "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"
- "the dread presence of the headmaster"
- "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"
- "a dreadful storm"
- "a fearful howling"
- "horrendous explosions shook the city"
- "a terrible curse"
- 2. exceptionally bad or displeasing;
- "atrocious taste"
- "abominable workmanship"
- "an awful voice"
- "dreadful manners"
- "a painful performance"
- "terrible handwriting"
- "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
- 3. very unpleasant