Dreadful : synonyms and lexical field

Synonyms > Synonyms beginning with D > Dreadful

Looking for words with meaning close to 'dreadful': discover synonyms for the word dreadful, such as horrific or terrible.

The lexical field offers related words, which refer to the same idea, the same concept as dreadful. It is common for a word to have several meanings. In this case, the context of the word helps to determine its correct meaning.
Example of words in the same lexical field as "": horrific and terrible.

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Synonyms for dreadful sorted by degree of synonymy

List of synonyms for dreadful Degree of synonymy of dreadful Frequency in the language

horrific
30052 1.37

terrible
30051 94.02

direful
30051 0

atrocious
30051 0.69

dreaded
30051 1.35

horrendous
30051 1.02

dread
30051 2.51

fearsome
30050 0.76

fearful
30050 2.16

frightening
30050 5.76

awful
30050 63.41

alarming
30050 1.14

abominable
30049 0.63

dire
30048 2.20

painful
30047 15.16

bad
30043 545.18

unpleasant
30023 6.10

unspeakable
30022 1.86

appalling
20051 1.94

horrible
20051 42.43

Lexical field of "dreadful"

horrific
terrible
direful
atrocious
dreaded
horrendous
dread
fearsome
fearful
frightening
awful
alarming
abominable
dire
painful
bad
unpleasant
unspeakable
appalling
horrible
horrifying
god-awful
terrifying
gruesome
desperate
horror
pathetic
dismal
pitiful
lamentable
frightful
terrific
heinous
monstrous
wretched
spooky
scary
miserable
tragic
obnoxious
repulsive
deplorable
sad
distressing
disgusting
detestable
odious
grim
loathsome
hateful