Dreadful
Dreadful adjective - Causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment.
Usage example: a dreadful performance of a beautiful piece of music
Unpleasant is a synonym for dreadful. In some cases you can use "Unpleasant" instead an adjective "Dreadful".
Unpleasant
Unpleasant adjective - Not giving pleasure to the mind or senses.
Usage example: the burnt pot roast had a very unpleasant odor
Dreadful is a synonym for unpleasant in disagreeable topic. Sometimes you can use "Dreadful" instead an adjective "Unpleasant".
Nearby Words: unpleasantness, unpleasantly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- obnoxious and dreadful
- obnoxious and unpleasant
- repulsive and dreadful
- repulsive and unpleasant
- disgusting and dreadful
- disgusting and unpleasant
- disagreeable and dreadful
- disagreeable and unpleasant
- painful and dreadful
- painful and unpleasant
- revolting and dreadful
- revolting and unpleasant
- nasty and dreadful
- nasty and unpleasant
Both words in one sentence
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In Sonic the Hedgehog fanfic Prison Island Break, Prison Island is a dreadful place where to save himself time, the sadistic Head Warden Mephiles encourages prisoners to make life unpleasant for each other.
Source: Hellhole Prison
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