Dreadful
Shocking
Shocking adjective - Causing fear.
Usage example: the shocking appearance of a shark just a few yards off shore
Dreadful is a synonym for shocking in appalling topic. You can use "Dreadful" instead the word "Shocking" as an adjective or a noun, if it concerns topics such as property, good, outrageous, terrible. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- disgusting and dreadful
- disgusting and shocking
- shameful and dreadful
- shameful and shocking
- monstrous and dreadful
- monstrous and shocking
- outrageous and dreadful
- outrageous and shocking
- disgraceful and dreadful
- disgraceful and shocking
- abominable and dreadful
- abominable and shocking
- hideous and dreadful
- hideous and shocking
Both words in one sentence
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Charlotte de Berry is a (probably fictional) female pirate captain who stars in Edward Lloyd's History of the Pirates, a "penny dreadful" or "penny blood" - cheap stories with a fairly gory or shocking theme written to entertain the masses.
Source: Pirate Girl
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