Dread"ful (?), a.
1. Full of
dread or terror; fearful.
[Obs.]
"With dreadful heart."
Chaucer.
2. Inspiring dread; impressing
great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm. "
Dreadful gloom."
Milton.
For all things are less dreadful than they seem.
Wordsworth.
3. Inspiring awe or reverence; awful.
[Obs.] "God's dreadful law."
Shak.
Syn. -- Fearful; frightful; terrific; terrible; horrible; horrid; formidable; tremendous; awful; venerable. See Frightful.
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