BabelNet

bn:00097890a

Adjective Concept

awful dire direful dread dreaded

Causing fear or dread or terror WordNet 3.0

Definitions

Examples

Relations

Sources

Causing fear or dread or terror WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Dreadful; causing alarm and fear. OmegaWiki

Causing fear or horror; appalling, terrible. Wiktionary

Causing fear; appalling; terrible. Wiktionary (translation)

Causing fear, dread or terror. Wiktionary

Causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary. Wiktionary

Scary. Wiktionary (translation)

Dreadful; causing terror, alarm and fear; awesome. Wiktionary

The awful war WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

An awful risk WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Dire news WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The dread presence of the headmaster WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A dreadful storm WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A fearful howling WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Horrendous explosions shook the city WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A terrible curse WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

I have got the dreaded flu. Wiktionary

Riding the rollercoaster was a frightening experience. Wiktionary

The witch gave him a terrible curse. Wiktionary

DERIVATION

SIMILAR

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible

Wiktionary

awful, dreaded, frightening, terrible

OmegaWiki

awful, direful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, scary, terrible