dreadful
suomi-englanti sanakirjadreadful englannista suomeksi
kammottava, hirveä, kamala
kauhea
Substantiivi
dreadful englanniksi
(RQ:Baum Wizard of Oz)
Unpleasant, awful, very bad (''also used as an intensifier'').
1682, T. Creech's translation of Lucretius, ''De Natura Rerum'', Book II, 52:
- Here some... Look ''dreadful gay'' in their own sparkling blood.
(RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp)
{{quote-journal|en|date=December 10, 2011|author=Marc Higginson|work=BBC Sport
Awesome, awe-inspiring, causing feelings of reverence.
(quote-book)
Reverential, full of pious awe.
A shocker: a report of a crime written in a provokingly lurid style.
A journal or broadsheet printing such reports.
A shocking or sensational crime.