dreadfully
18
4.4
- adverb
- /ˈdrɛd.fəl.i/
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terriblemente
- The plan went dreadfully wrong.
- dreadfully sorry
- dreadfully wrong
- dreadfully dull
And there's something dreadfully wrong when things go wrong in your life and that makes life really difficult.
- And there's something dreadfully wrong when things go wrong in your life and that makes life really difficult.
- These haven't been those sort of dreadfully polite, gentle reminiscences that these have been, I think, really fairly loaded.
Examples
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I'm so dreadfully sorry.
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We're dreadfully late, you know.
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I really am dreadfully sorry.
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But when the child was only eight years old, her mother grew dreadfully sick.
Fiction book (1998) -
Poor child, this has upset you dreadfully; I can see that.
Fiction book (1992) -
Instead, he agreed with her that something must be dreadfully wrong.
Fiction book (1991) -
I would argue that our food supply is really dreadfully, dreadfully contaminated with things that are of real concern.
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And there's something dreadfully wrong when things go wrong in your life and that makes life really difficult.
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In some ways, this is dreadfully unsexy work, but in other ways, it's just the opposite.
Blog text (13) -
The movie was dreadfully boring, with no interesting plot twists.
Synonyms
456
1.0
To a great degree
378
1.0
In a very bad way
126
3.5
In a very bad or shocking way
70
3.0
To happen in a very bad or unpleasant way
49
3.5
In a severe or unkind way that feels unpleasant
27
6.5
In a way that is very bad or not good enough
18
5.5
In a very ugly or shocking way
16
8.2
In a very painful or strong way
12
5.7
In a way that makes you feel scared
6
5.5
In a very bad or extreme way
6
8.2
In an extremely bad and obvious way that shocks people
6
6.8
Makes people feel shocked or disgusted
5
6.5
In a way that is very frightening or very strong to show how serious something is
5
6.8
In a very cruel and shocking way
4
7.4
In a way that causes very strong physical pain or deep worry
4
7.3
In a way that makes you feel disgusted or want to throw up
4
7.0
In a very bad way that shows poor quality or failure
4
6.2
To a very great degree
3
6.0
In a way that is very shocking or frightening
3
6.7
In a way that makes people feel very afraid or shocked
3
8.2
In a very rude and cruel way
3
6.5
In a way that makes people feel worried or unhappy
3
4.8
In a gloomy way that makes people feel sad or hopeless
3
7.0
In a way that makes you feel very disgusted or sick
3
2.9
In a way that is very strong or extreme
2
6.8
In a very sad and unhappy way
2
8.8
In a very intense and unpleasant way
1
7.0
In a very bad and unpleasant way
1
7.4
In a very bad or shocking way
1
8.1
In a way that makes something very bad or annoying
1
8.2
In a very cruel and unfair way
1
7.5
It happens in a very unpleasant and frightening way
1
7.5
In a very serious and urgent way
1
8.8
In a way that causes great fear or pain
1
7.5
In a way that makes people feel surprised and upset
In a way that is very bad or annoying
In a way that shows great fear or warns of danger
In a way that causes great harm
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word dreadfully comes from dread, meaning 'great fear', plus -ful, which means 'full of', and -ly, which turns a word into an adverb. So it originally meant 'in a way full of fear', and today dreadfully can mean 'very' or 'extremely', or sometimes 'in a frightening way'.