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Synonyms for dreaded

  • adjective

Most common

terrible awful dreadful horrendous feared dreadable

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Dreadful

dreadful, terrible, awful, horrendous, fearful, fearsome, horrific, frightening, dire, direful, horrid, horrifying, grim, gruesome, formidable, grisly, alarming, appalling, terrific

Other

feared, dreadable

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Causing fear, dread, or terror.

    I have got the dreaded flu.

Related words

Phrases
dreaded diamond

Example sentences

  • terrible Terrible shooting broke out the night before last.
  • awful I think it's awful, that they're spreading rumors.
  • dreadful Something dreadful has happened to Miss Davidson.
  • horrendous Algeria is recovering from a horrendous experience.
  • feared Even the Romans feared to cross the Sahara Desert.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
dreadedrising
terriblerising
awfulrising
dreadfulrising
horrendousrising
fearedrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
dire1, grim1
5 letters
awful2
6 letters
feared1, horrid2, grisly2
7 letters
fearful2, direful
8 letters
terrible3, terrific3, horrific3, dreadful2, alarming3, gruesome2, fearsome2
9 letters
appalling3, dreadable
10 letters
formidable4, horrifying4, horrendous3
11 letters
frightening3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (awful2 = 2 syllables).