dreadful
英 ['dredfʊl; -f(ə)l]
美['drɛdfəl]
	    - adj. 可怕的;糟透的,令人不快的
 
英英释意
- 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