Dreadful and Daunting

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Dreadful adjective - Causing fear.

Usage example: a dreadful hurricane

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Daunting and dreadful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Daunting" instead an adjective "Dreadful".

Nearby Words: dread, dreadfully, dreaded, dreading

Daunting adjective - Discouraging through fear.

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Dreadful and daunting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dreadful" instead an adjective "Daunting".

Nearby Words: daunt, daunted

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