Dreadful and Unlucky

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Dreadful adjective - Causing fear.

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

Nearby Words: dread, dreadfully, dreaded, dreading

Unlucky adjective - Of a kind to cause great distress.

Usage example: the settlers made the unlucky decision to cross the dangerous mountain pass in the middle of winter

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Dreadful and unlucky are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dreadful" instead an adjective "Unlucky".

Nearby Word: unluckily

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