awful (s)
dire#1 (s)
direful#1 (s)
dread(a) (s)
dreaded (s)
dreadful (s)
fearful (s)
fearsome (s)
frightening (s)
horrendous (s)
horrific (s)
terrible (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def causing fear or dread or terror
examples the awful
an awful
dire
a career or vengeance so direful
the dread presence of the headmaster
polio is no longer the dreaded
a dreadful
a fearful
horrendous
a terrible
Outgoing links
Similar to alarming
Derivationally related form terrible → terribleness
Derivationally related form dread(a) → dread
Derivationally related form awful → awfulness
Incoming links
Similar to alarming
Derived from adjective awfully → awful
Derived from adjective direfully → direful
Derived from adjective fearsomely → fearsome
Derived from adjective frighteningly → frightening
Derived from adjective fearfully → awful
Derivationally related form terribleness → terrible
Derivationally related form awfulness → awful
Derivationally related form dread → dread(a)

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