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adj. VERBS be, feel, look, smell, sound, taste Poor thing! You look absolutely dreadful! (= very ill) ADV. really I feel really dreadful about letting you down. | absolutely, quite, truly To be honest, her singing was quite dreadful. a truly dreadful hat | pretty, rather PREP. for It must have been dreadful for you!
Oxford Collocations Dictionary