dreadful
/ˈdrɛdfəl/
adjective
B1
Meaning
Similar words
Close — "dreadful" means "very bad."
Similar in other languages
German
fürchterlich is the German word for the same thing — both mean "dreadful, terrible."
German
schlecht is the plain word for bad, while dreadful intensifies it -- something far worse than just bad.
German
schlimm describes a bad, serious situation, close to dreadful's intensified sense of bad.
Práctica
1 ¿Qué significa dreadful?
espantoso, horrible
2 Completa el espacio en blanco: The weather was ___ during the trip.
Oración completa: The weather was dreadful during the trip. (El clima fue espantoso durante el viaje.)
3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a dreadful?
dreadful: registro neutral, frecuencia común, dominio general, connotación neutral.
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