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- Middle English · inherited fromdredful
- English todaydreadful
From Middle English dredful, dredfull, dredeful (also dreful). By surface analysis, dread + -ful.
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dreadful
Today it means: Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky. Full definition →
Middle English dredful