dreadful
/ˈdredfl/adjective
उच्चारण ड्रेड्फ़ल
बहुत बुरा, भयानक, घटिया
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very bad or unpleasant
बहुत बुरा, भयानक, घटिया
- The weather was dreadful: cold and wet all week.
- What a dreadful thing to say!
- a dreadful mistake
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- We had a dreadful journey, stuck in traffic for six hours.
- The food at the roadside stall was dreadful.
- I have a dreadful headache.
Synonyms terrible awful horrible appalling atrocious
Opposite wonderful pleasant excellent delightful
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[only before noun]
used to emphasize how bad something is
घोर, बहुत ज़्यादा
- The house is in a dreadful mess.
- We had a dreadful time finding a seat on the train.
- I'm in a dreadful hurry; I'll call you later.
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- He made a dreadful mistake in the last question.
- It was a dreadful waste of a good afternoon.
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causing fear or suffering
भयावह, डरावना
- a dreadful accident
- A dreadful silence followed the announcement of the accident.
- Villagers recalled the dreadful floods of that year.
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- The news of the train crash was dreadful.
- A dreadful storm hit the coast in the night.
Synonyms frightful horrific shocking grim harrowing
Opposite harmless reassuring
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
dreadful + noun
Use dreadful before a noun for something very bad, shocking or unpleasant.
Noun से पहले 'dreadful' बहुत बुरी, चौंकाने वाली या अप्रिय चीज़ के लिए आता है।
- It was a dreadful accident on the highway.
- The tea tasted dreadful.
feel/look/sound dreadful
After a linking verb, dreadful describes how a person feels or looks.
Linking verb के बाद 'dreadful' यह बताता है कि व्यक्ति कैसा महसूस करता या दिखता है।
- I feel dreadful about forgetting your birthday.
- You look dreadful; are you ill?
dreadful + that-clause / it is dreadful that
A that-clause can follow after it is dreadful.
'It is dreadful' के बाद that-clause आ सकता है।
- It is dreadful that so many people lost their homes.
dreadful (intensifier)
In informal use, dreadful emphasises something such as a mess or a bore.
अनौपचारिक प्रयोग में 'dreadful' किसी चीज़ पर ज़ोर देता है।
- What a dreadful bore that lecture was!
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dreadful + noun
accidentnewsweathermistakepain
- The dreadful weather ruined the cricket match.
feel/look + dreadful
feellooksoundtastesmell
- The room smelled dreadful after the rain.
adverb + dreadful
absolutelyreallysimplytrulyrather
- The traffic jam was absolutely dreadful.
dreadful + noun (people)
boreliarmesshabitnoise
- Biting nails is a dreadful habit.
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- A dreadful silence fell over the hall.
सभागार में भयानक सन्नाटा छा गया।
- I had a dreadful headache all morning.
मुझे पूरी सुबह भयंकर सिरदर्द रहा।
- The roads were in a dreadful state after the monsoon.
मानसून के बाद सड़कों की हालत बहुत खराब थी।
- Radhika felt dreadful for being rude to her friend.
अपनी सहेली से रूखा व्यवहार करने के कारण राधिका को बहुत बुरा लगा।
- The film was dreadful, and half the audience left.
फ़िल्म बहुत खराब थी और आधे दर्शक चले गए।
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✗ I am dreadful of snakes.
✓ I am afraid of snakes.
Dreadful does not mean afraid; it describes the thing that is bad. Use afraid of for the feeling.
'Dreadful' का अर्थ डरा हुआ नहीं है; वह चीज़ के बारे में बताता है। डर की भावना के लिए 'afraid of' आता है।
✗ She sings dreadful.
✓ She sings dreadfully.
An adverb is needed to modify the verb sings.
Verb 'sings' को modify करने के लिए adverb 'dreadfully' चाहिए।
✗ It was a dreadful news.
✓ It was dreadful news.
News is uncountable, so a is not used.
'News' uncountable है, इसलिए उसके साथ 'a' नहीं लगता।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
All three describe something very bad, but they differ in strength and tone.
तीनों का अर्थ बहुत बुरी चीज़ है, पर तीव्रता और भाव में अंतर है।
Very bad, unpleasant or shocking; often used in everyday speech.
बहुत बुरा, अप्रिय या चौंकाने वाला; रोज़मर्रा की भाषा में आम।
- The food was dreadful.
Close in meaning, with a stronger sense of harm or serious fault.
अर्थ में निकट, पर हानि या गंभीर दोष का भाव अधिक।
- There was a terrible fire in the market.
Very unpleasant, a little more casual than dreadful.
बहुत अप्रिय, 'dreadful' से थोड़ा अनौपचारिक।
- I had an awful day at work.
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
dread·ful
With -ead- and one l at the end (not 'dredful' or 'dreadfull'); the adverb dreadfully (very: 'dreadfully sorry').
-ead- और अंत में एक l ('dredful' या 'dreadfull' गलत है); adverb dreadfully (बहुत: 'dreadfully sorry')।
?Which word?
Keep the bad words in order of strength: poor, bad, awful, dreadful, terrible, appalling, atrocious.
बुरे के शब्द तीव्रता के क्रम में याद रखिए: poor, bad, awful, dreadful, terrible, appalling, atrocious।