Dreadful and Evil

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Dreadful

Dreadful adjective - Causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment.
Usage example: a dreadful performance of a beautiful piece of music
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Evil and dreadful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Evil" instead an adjective "Dreadful".
Nearby Words: dread, dreadfully, dreaded, dreading

Evil

Evil adjective - Causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment.
Usage example: she refused to eat olives or anything which had their evil flavor
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Dreadful and evil are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dreadful" instead an adjective "Evil".
Nearby Word: evilly

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  • Video Game / Laxius Force Unknown to them, a dreadful presence is wending into the city, and our heroes are to face an evil greater than anything they can imagine.
    Source: Video Game / Laxius Force
  • Also, one of the evil church's priests in the town of Gate claims to have suddenly realized what a dreadful mistake he made regarding the sealed evil and that only the thief Patty can fix it, forcing you to go find her and bring her to Gate.
    Source: Player Punch / Role-Playing Games
  • Literature / The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Whether it's because of an Orphanage of Fear or an evil governess, or simply circumstance, expect the characters to be forced into dreadful hard work and poverty at some point in the plot.
    Source: Literature / The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
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