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Spell Bee Word: dreadful


Basic Details

Word: Dreadful

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Very bad or very unpleasant. It can also describe something that makes you afraid.

Synonyms: awful, terrible, horrible

Antonyms: wonderful, pleasant, delightful

How to Spell Dreadful

Syllables: dread - ful

Tricky part: The ea in dread makes a short e sound, so many write dred. The ending ful has only one l.

Watch out for: dredful, dreadfull, dreddful

Memory tip: Find the word read inside it: d + read + ful. Reading a dreadful story at night can be scary.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The traffic near the station was dreadful this morning.

Example 2: We had dreadful weather on the first day of our Goa trip.

Example 3: I made a dreadful mistake in my maths homework and had to redo it.

Fun Fact

In the 1200s dreadful could describe a person who was full of fear; the everyday sense of very bad came centuries later.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

dread____

a) fule
b) fol
c) full
d) ful

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d) ful. As an ending, full always drops one l, just as it does in hopeful and careful.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

dreadful

a) horrible
b) wonderful
c) ghastly
d) awful

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b) wonderful. Wonderful means very good, the reverse of dreadful.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

fudaldre

a) dutiful
b) dreadful
c) delightful
d) fearful

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b) dreadful. Two d's, an e, an a and a single f are found together only in dreadful.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A dreadful smell is one that is ____.

a) hard to notice
b) sweet and fresh
c) light and flowery
d) very unpleasant

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d) very unpleasant

2. Dread, the root of dreadful, means ____.

a) great joy
b) great fear
c) deep sleep
d) a loud noise

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b) great fear

Associated Words

retailerdiscordamusementfeeblebrighten
esteemrevoltrefrigeratorsuperstarhorrifying

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