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英:[ˈdredfl]
美:[ˈdredfl]
dread·ful
dred fl
比较级:more dreadful
最高级:most dreadful
dreadfully (adv.), dreadfulness (n.)
词根:dread
adj.dread 可怕的
dreaded 令人畏惧的,可怕的
adv.dreadfully 可怕地;极其
n.dread 恐惧;可怕的人(或物)
v.dreaded 惧怕(dread的过去分词)
vi.dread 惧怕;担心
vt.dread 惧怕;担心
Adjective
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
这组词都有“害怕的、可怕的”的意思,其区别是:
appalling指既令害怕又使人惊异、胆寒。
afraid指由于胆小或怯懦而不敢说或做某事。
frightful指使人陷入短暂的惊恐或产生毛骨悚然的感觉。
terrible侧重指给人以长久的惊骇,极端的恐怖,令人难以忍受。
terrific多指外表、形状或力量等的可怕。
fearful普通用词,既指外界情况变化而引起的恐惧,又指来自内心的害怕与焦虑。
horrible指因骇人听闻的丑恶而令人毛骨悚然,着重厌恶的成分多于害怕。
dreadful指使人非常恐惧,毛骨悚然,也使人感到讨厌而退缩。
awful指威严得令人害怕或敬畏,有一定的感情色彩。
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13世纪初,“充满恐惧或害怕,胆小”的意思来自 dread(n.)和 -ful。意思是“引起恐惧,激起恐怖”的意思可以追溯到公元1200年; “非常糟糕”的弱化意义则出现在1680年代。相关词汇: Dreadfully; dreadfulness。
Adjective see dread >entry 1 Noun see dread >entry 1
The first known use of dreadful was in the 13th century
dry1 of 3adjective
free or nearly free from liquid and especially water dry steam
dry weight
characterized by loss or lack of water: as
lacking precipitation and humidity
a dry climate
lacking freshness : stale
low in or deprived of natural juices or moisture a dry fruit
dry hay
not being in or under water
dry land
thirsty sense 1
marked by the absence of alcoholic beverages
a dry party
no longer damp or sticky
the paint is dry
containing or using no liquid (as water) dry heat
a dry creek
not giving milk
a dry cow
not producing phlegm
dry cough
not producing or yielding what is expected or wanted
a dry oil well
marked by a matter-of-fact, ironic, or terse manner of expression
dry humor
failing to arouse interest or enthusiasm
a dry lecture
not sweet
dry wines
relating to, favoring, or practicing prohibition of alcoholic beverages
a dry county
dry2 of 3verb
to make or become dry
dry3 of 3noun
prohibitionist
dress1 of 3verb
to make or set straight
to put clothes on
to provide with clothing
to put on or wear formal or fancy clothes
to trim or decorate for display
to put in order
to apply dressings or medicine to
dress a wound
to arrange (as the hair) by combing, brushing, or curling
groom entry 2 sense 1
to kill and prepare for market
dress a chicken
to apply manure or fertilizer to
smooth entry 2 sense 2, finish
dress2 of 3noun
clothing sense 1
an outer garment with a skirt for a woman or child
clothing appropriate to a particular time or occasion evening dress
Roman dress
dress3 of 3adjective
suitable or required for a formal occasion
dress clothes
relating to or used for a dress
dress1 of 3verb
to make or set straight
to put clothes on
to provide with clothing
to put on or wear formal or fancy clothes
to trim or decorate for display
to put in order
to apply dressings or medicine to
dress a wound
to arrange (as the hair) by combing, brushing, or curling
groom entry 2 sense 1
to kill and prepare for market
dress a chicken
to apply manure or fertilizer to
smooth entry 2 sense 2, finish
dress2 of 3noun
clothing sense 1
an outer garment with a skirt for a woman or child
clothing appropriate to a particular time or occasion evening dress
Roman dress
dress3 of 3adjective
suitable or required for a formal occasion
dress clothes
relating to or used for a dress
dreadfuladjective
causing dread or awe
a dreadful storm
very disagreeable, unpleasant, or shocking dreadful news
a dreadful cold
1 "It's a dreadful hat. Do get a good hat."
2 He held out a slightly trembling hand, and in a dreadful blast of realization Harry knew that the goblins of Gringotts were aware that Bellatrix’s wand had been stolen.
3 “We can talk,” he reminded the brother and sister, “when once we are out of this dreadful place.”
4 It was so dreadful for those two brothers.
5 “Don’t use such dreadful expressions,” replied Meg from the depths of the veil in which she had shrouded herself like a nun sick of the world.
6 He shuddered and said no more, leaving Merry to tell of those last horrible moments: the pawing hands, the hot breath, and the dreadful strength of Grishnákh’s hairy arms.
7 This is a dreadful disaster.
这是一场可怕的灾难.
8 It is a dreadful thing to think that he might have been the great Dulac, and us keeping him tied up and letting him call me Lord so humbly.”
9 a dreadful accident
可怕的事故
10 He wondered what his aunt and uncle would do with them; burn them in the dead of night, probably, as if they were the evidence of some dreadful crime.
11 And Jo blushed at the dreadful ‘pegging’ which had escaped her.
12 The weather at Glasgow was so dreadful that day that no one would take off and everyone was stuck there.
13 The women closed round, whilst I was aghast with horror; but as I looked they disappeared, and with them the dreadful bag.
14 It was a dreadful thing he was making me swear.
15 Then looking around he caught sight of the strangers, and cried out in a dreadful booming voice, “Who are you who enter unbidden the house of Polyphemus? Traders or thieving pirates?”
16 I liked him—don’t get me wrong—beautiful eyes behind the dreadful specs, and very lithe and powerful beneath the scholarly tweed.
17 Now the whole dreadful story was repeating itself, and it was my daughter this time.
18 We are insensible, dead men, who through some trick, some dreadful magic, are still able to run and to kill.
19 “I’m sorry, darling. I know it must be a dreadful feeling to have nothing at all suddenly.”
20 He had told Alba that he worked as a jewelry thief and that the dreadful bag contained his picklocks and brass knuckles.
1 令人不快的
bad gross ugly bitter miserable unpleasant disgusting grim objectionable upsetting ghastly disagreeable dour unpalatable unwholesome unappealing minging
2 极其的
3 极
precious deadly polar too-too participled all so most very too far hard quite simply dog rare rarely terrible tremendous desperate heavenly mortal terribly stink monumental damned monstrous miserably mightily devilish rattling doggone aplenty whacking parlous tiptop clinking perishing bally deuced corking unco pole super- per-
5 非常
all very great such high signal champion holy prize extreme vast terrible supreme remarkable extraordinary precious fabulous awful deadly mighty terrific uncommon mortal exquisite whopping fearful almighty monumental sensational undue damned frantic colossal ferocious howling prodigious crass frightful gallows devilish thumping raving thundering doggone exceeding confounded whacking measureless too-too so just some most much right too hard least pretty simply dog extra amazing regular highly super powerful extremely proper properly rare greatly curious passing tremendous badly desperate bitter immense cruel boiling stink monstrous jolly wondrous swinging awfully sorely miserably first-rate heartily thrice mightily deathly ruddy beastly rattling uncommonly fearfully heaps sevenfold parlous tiptop signally blamed swingeing perishing bally trop deuced muchly corking gey assai amain unco immortally all-fired plaguily bokoo lot egregious
7 恐怖的
tremendous scary monstrous fell horrendous horrifying horrid morbid ghastly grisly frightful eldritch ogrish
8 可怕
awesome holy terrible horrible awful terrific mortal dire terrifying disastrous grim fearful formidable appalling horrifying gruesome hideous horrid fearsome unholy ungodly ghastly macabre grisly hellish frightful unearthly redoubtable ghostlike hellacious direful macaber terribly tremendously horribly awfully dreadfully hideously fearfully appallingly frightfully hellishly ghastliness scary ugly horrendous unspeakable petrifying horrendously unspeakably ugliness grimness tremendous glorious tragic wicked eerie forbidding tragical cadaverous monstrosity like old boots fell horrent eldritch sick fierce dread horrific spooky monstrous lurid unchristian frightfulness hideosity frightening ferocious ghoulish ghastful elemental almighty furry hairy uncanny dismal ghostly perilous morbid thunderous devilish portentous squally unco ugsome juggernaut groady dirty desperate gaunt uncouth blood-and-guts grewsome sweet deadly hell of a as hell
9 乏味
flat static dull blah sterile prose watery dreary innocuous tasteless uninteresting prosaic featureless vapid humdrum flavorless unexciting draggy prosy saltless sauceless savorless flatly tastelessly flatness stuffiness wateriness prosiness
10 使人震惊的
11 可畏的
12 糟糕透顶的
13 糟透了
15 苦恼的
16 极其
awful ever absolutely plain incredibly thoroughly deadly stiff notably critically hugely desperately wonderfully wildly immensely whopping cracking painfully enormously dangerously fiercely blooming abundantly vitally acutely bitterly goddamn fantastically stunningly heartily absurdly fabulously ruthlessly starkly wickedly excruciatingly thundering blindingly astronomically disgustingly inordinately frightfully abysmally whacking diabolically imperatively abominably screamingly walloping damnably killingly devil's own goddam deuced most way extremely seriously deeply mighty darn infinitely exceedingly grossly awfully supremely eminently phenomenally uncommonly dreadfully stinking outstandingly achingly terrifically devilishly drop-dead fiendishly agonizingly riotously yay oh-so one helluva beyond measure a hell of a nothing less than no end like hell one hell of a nothing if not a helluva
17 剧烈的
severe sharp violent sore exquisite vicious drastic vigorous strenuous searing stabbing blinding racking thumping all-consuming
18 惊人的
amazing spectacular striking devastating breathtaking astonishing outrageous staggering startling off the wall
21 极端的
very high far hard extreme fringe drastic sublime rampant raving all-or-nothing tearing deep-dish arch- ultra- ultimate gross radical dire grinding extravagant fervid OTT
23 令人敬畏
24 使人痛苦的
26 不光彩的
27 乏味的
flat static dull blah sterile prose watery dreary innocuous tasteless uninteresting prosaic featureless vapid humdrum flavorless unexciting draggy prosy saltless sauceless savorless
28 非常讨厌的
29 恼人
irritating pesky trying nagging grating teasing aggravating mind-numbing rasping devouring provoking teasingly plaguy plaguily grate bug one
30 讨厌的
anathematic cotton-picking ill-favored cottonpickin' yechy nice offensive dirty ugly nasty foul unpleasant grim rotten heartbreaking troublesome pesky vile obscene lousy hateful obnoxious wretched blinking objectionable villainous frightful repugnant icky darned brackish ruddy revolting blasted unpalatable stinking doggone irksome mucky pissy damnable confounded pestilent blithering pestiferous dratted grody plaguey tarnation disgustful blankety-blank tarnal a devil of a rank sick disgusting undesirable shitty gruesome cursed atrocious tiresome repulsive distasteful infernal abominable abhorrent disagreeable accursed yucky loathsome detestable niggling cruddy perishing bad horrible sticky unwanted hellish forbidding off-putting odious troublous cumbrous deuced noisome awful sour crappy cheesy greasy unwelcome horrid grisly carrion unlikeable unlovely ungracious pestilential unpleasing antipathetic uncongenial ill-favoured flaming loath stick in gizzard on the nose little evil stupid damn darn habitual ghastly diabolical dashed beastly unenviable unwholesome unsavoury unedifying mean military impossible wet painful brutal fierce stink cheerful poisonous cumbersome damned hideous gummy goddamn slimy grating bothersome noxious nauseous rancid shrill ungrateful goddamned execrable mawkish importunate stinko verminous boresome accurst hateable plaguesome weariful maledict
31 糟糕透顶
33 惊人
amazing spectacular striking devastating breathtaking astonishing outrageous staggering startling drop-dead off the wall
34 非常讨厌
36 恶劣的
bad rough dirty shocking vile lousy wretched surly abominable unkind beastly mucky damnable execrable
37 极其糟糕的
38 极度
deuced high royal rare extreme terminal supreme intense sore profound mortal utmost almighty towering searing excruciating inordinate devilish shitless immoderate incredibly deadly distinctly supremely impossibly criminally woefully majorly immeasurably mortally dreadfully monumentally height extremity asas anything a heck of a with a vengeance in the extreme in spades to the hilt
39 恐怖
tremendous scary monstrous fell horrendous horrifying horrid morbid ghastly grisly frightful eldritch ogrish horribly eerily dreadfully appallingly formidably horridly horrifiedly horror terror affright ghastliness horrify terrorize in terror
41 人震惊的
42 剧烈
severe sharp violent sore exquisite vicious drastic vigorous strenuous searing stabbing blinding racking thumping all-consuming hard drastically vigorously violently nastily severity sharpness
43 极度的
high royal rare extreme terminal supreme intense profound mortal utmost almighty towering searing excruciating inordinate devilish shitless immoderate a heck of a
44 丑陋
awful ugly foul rugged deform unfavourable misshapen hard-nosed oafish uncomely ill-looking unshapen deformity uglify
45 糟糕
pretty dirty glorious crappy ill diabolical woeful crummy ropy shockingly dreadfully be on last legs nice break the molasses jug
47 惊险小说
48 特别
special particular pet exceptional fancy extraordinary singular peculiar especial screwy especially particularly specifically notable expressly confounded singularity particularity exceptionality super-
50 丑陋的
awful ugly foul rugged deform unfavourable misshapen hard-nosed oafish uncomely ill-looking unshapen
52 令人敬畏的
53 恶劣
bad rough dirty shocking vile lousy wretched surly abominable unkind beastly mucky damnable execrable badly atrociously abominably villainously roughness badness inclemency
55 尴尬的
56 人痛苦的
57 恼人的
irritating pesky trying nagging grating teasing aggravating mind-numbing rasping devouring provoking
58 尴尬
small embarrassed self-conscious awkwardly self-consciously embarrassment awkwardness self-consciousness embarrass
59 讨厌
anathematic cotton-picking ill-favored cottonpickin' yechy nice offensive dirty ugly nasty foul unpleasant grim rotten heartbreaking troublesome pesky vile obscene lousy hateful obnoxious wretched blinking objectionable villainous frightful repugnant icky darned disagreeable brackish ruddy revolting blasted unpalatable stinking doggone irksome mucky pissy damnable confounded pestilent blithering pestiferous dratted grody plaguey tarnation disgustful blankety-blank tarnal anathematically excruciatingly tiresomely dang cringe dislike confound abominate mislike be sick of take a dislike to have a dislike for have a dislike of a devil of a rank sick disgusting undesirable shitty gruesome cursed atrocious tiresome repulsive distasteful infernal abominable abhorrent accursed yucky loathsome detestable niggling cruddy perishing hate detest abhor under feet bad horrible sticky unwanted hellish forbidding off-putting odious troublous cumbrous deuced repulsion object noisome awful sour crappy cheesy greasy unwelcome horrid grisly carrion unlikeable unlovely ungracious pestilential unpleasing antipathetic uncongenial ill-favoured flaming horror nausea revolt distaste disfavour frightfulness loath loathe disrelish nauseate stick in gizzard on the nose goddam little evil stupid damn darn habitual ghastly diabolical dashed beastly unenviable unwholesome unsavoury unedifying ill disgustingly yuck drat botheration be sick of the sight of hate sick of the sight of have no time for not have much time for mean military impossible wet painful brutal fierce stink cheerful poisonous cumbersome damned hideous gummy goddamn slimy grating bothersome noxious nauseous rancid shrill ungrateful goddamned execrable mawkish importunate stinko verminous boresome accurst hateable plaguesome weariful maledict disagreeably damnably bally boredom averse detestation undesirability scunner bar
61 可怕的
awesome holy terrible horrible awful terrific mortal dire terrifying disastrous grim fearful formidable appalling horrifying gruesome hideous horrid fearsome unholy ungodly ghastly macabre grisly hellish frightful unearthly redoubtable ghostlike hellacious direful macaber tremendous dread horrific Gothic dreaded monstrous fell lurid eldritch scary ugly horrendous unspeakable petrifying glorious tragic wicked eerie forbidding tragical cadaverous horrent sick fierce spooky unchristian frightening ferocious ghoulish hairy ghastful elemental almighty furry uncanny dismal ghostly perilous morbid thunderous devilish portentous squally unco ugsome juggernaut groady dirty desperate gaunt uncouth blood-and-guts grewsome sweet hell of a