dreadful
/ˈdrɛdfʊl/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈdrɛdfʊl/
dreadful
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- 2 syllables
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- Short oo vowel
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dread - ful -> dreadful
Myanmar meaning
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၁။ (infml ) (က) အလွန်ဆိုးဝါးသော။ မကောင်းသော။
What dreadful weather! ❍ a dreadful play/man/meal/country ❍ The noise was dreadful.
(ခ) (လေးနက်စေရန်သုံးသောစကား)။ I'm afraid it's all a dreadful mistake. ❍ He's a dreadful snob.
၂။ ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ်၊ ထိတ်လန့်ဖွယ် ကောင်းသော။ a dreadful accident/disease/nightmare ❍ He has to live with the dreadful knowledge that he caused their deaths.
❏ dreadfully /-fǝli/ adv
၁။ (infml ) အလွန်။ သိပ်။ I'm dreadfully sorry. ❍ I miss you dreadfully.
၂။ ဆိုးဆိုးဝါးဝါး။ ပြင်းပြင်းထန်ထန်။ They suffered dreadfully during the war.
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Synonyms
terrible, awful, horrible, frightful, alarming, shocking, appalling, outrageous, vile, ghastly, abominable, atrocious, bad, beastly, creepy, dire, distressing, fearful, formidable, frightening, frozen, godawful, grievous, grim, grody, gross, hideous, horrendous, horrific, icky, lousy, mean, monstrous, rotten, shameful, shuddersome, spooky, terrific, tragic, tremendous, wicked
Antonyms
OK, advantageous, beautiful, comforting, delightful, good, great, happy, honest, inoffensive, little, lovely, nice, pleasant, pleasing, reputable, small, tiny, undecayed, unimportant, welcomed, wonderful
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