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Meaning of dreadful | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Standard
ˈdɹɛd.fl̩

Definitions

  1. A shocker: a report of a crime written in a provokingly lurid style.
  2. A journal or broadsheet printing such reports.
  3. A shocking or sensational crime.

Equivalents

العربية مخيف
Deutsch unter aller Kanone
日本語 怖 悑

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Dreadfully Dreadfulness dreadhawk dreadhead Dreading dreadlessness

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