Dreadful : synonyms and lexical field

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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  
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