Translations: the word in the other languages
- Afrikaans: vreeslik
- Amharic: ነፃ
- Arabic: المروعة
- Azerbaijani: dəhşətli
- Bashkir: ҡурҡыныс
- Belarusian: страшны
- Bulgarian: страшно
- Bengali: ভয়ঙ্কর
- Bosnian: užasna
- Catalan: pèssims
- Cebuano: makalilisang nga
- Czech: hrozné
- Welsh: ofnadwy
- Danish: forfærdeligt
- German: schrecklich
- Greek: φοβερή
- Esperanto: terura
- Spanish: terrible
- Estonian: kohutav
- Basque: ikaragarria
- Persian: وحشتناک
- Finnish: kauhea
- French: terrible
- Irish: dreadful
- Scottish Gaelic: aithne tron
- Galician: terrible
- Gujarati: ત્રાસદાયક
- Hebrew: נורא
- Hindi: भयानक
- Croatian: strašno
- Haitian: insuportabl
- Hungarian: szörnyű
- Armenian: սարսափելի
- Indonesian: mengerikan
- Icelandic: hræðilegt
- Italian: terribile
- Japanese: 恐ろしい
- Javanese: nggegirisi
- Georgian: საშინელი
- Kazakh: қорқынышты
- Khmer: គួរស្ញែងខ្លា
- Kannada: ಘೋರ
- Korean: 무서운
- Kyrgyz: страшный
- Latin: horribilis
- Luxembourgish: schrecklich
- Lao: ຢ້ານ
- Lithuanian: bjauru
- Latvian: briesmīgs
- Malagasy: mahatahotra
- Mari: шучко
- Maori: wehi
- Macedonian: ужасно
- Malayalam: ഭയങ്കരമായ
- Mongolian: аймшигт
- Marathi: भयंकर
- Hill Mari: шучко
- Malay: mengerikan
- Maltese: koroh
- Burmese: ပဲန်
- Nepali: dreadful
- Dutch: vreselijk
- Norwegian: forferdelig
- Punjabi: ਭਿਆਨਕ
- Papiamento: teribel
- Polish: straszny
- Portuguese: terrível
- Romanian: cumplit
- Russian: страшный
- Sinhalese: බියකරු
- Slovak: hrozivá
- Slovenian: škoda
- Albanian: e tmerrshme
- Serbian: страшно
- Sundanese: dreadful
- Swedish: fruktansvärda
- Swahili: kutisha
- Tamil: அச்சமூட்டும்
- Telugu: భయంకరమైన
- Tajik: дахшатнок
- Thai: ระ
- Tagalog: kakila-kilabot
- Turkish: korkunç
- Tatar: куркыныч
- Udmurt: кышкыт
- Ukrainian: страшний
- Urdu: خوفناک
- Uzbek: dahshatli
- Vietnamese: đáng sợ
- Xhosa: neencwina
- Yiddish: יימעדיק
- Chinese: 可怕的
Synonyms, close and similar words for dreadful
- formidable
- terrible
- awesome
- fearsome
- awful
- ghastly
- abysmal
- redoubtable
- terrific
- grisly
- very
- fearful
- horrific
- frightful
- monstrous
- creepy
- dire
- appalling
- horrid
- lurid
- shocking
- direful
- painful
- frightening
- almighty
- horrible
- sheer
- hideous
- vile
- revolting
- disgusting
- unspeakable
- distasteful
- repulsive
- vicious
- hideously
- disgustingly
- awfully
- terribly
- frightfully
- downright
- scary
- horrendous
- nasty
- nightmarish
- ugly
- nightmare
- horribly
- monstrously
- gruesome
- abhorrent
- obnoxious
- atrocious
- ferocious
- fierce
- violent
- furious
- abominable
- loathsome
- noisome
- repugnant
- heinous
- odious
- sickening
- nauseous
- rancid
- forbidding
- repellent
- heavy
- evil
- offensive
- hard
- gross
- foul
- utter