dreadful

afraid, fearful, awful, dreadful, frightful, terrible, horrible, terrific, appalling

这些形容词均含“害怕的、可怕的”之意。
afraid: 指由于胆小或怯懦而不敢说或做某事。
fearful: 普通用词，既指外界情况变化而引起的恐惧，又指来自内心的害怕与焦虑。
awful: 指威严得令人害怕或敬畏，有一定的感情色彩。
dreadful: 指使人非常恐惧，毛骨悚然，也使人感到讨厌而退缩。
frightful: 指使人陷入短暂的惊恐或产生毛骨悚然的感觉。
terrible: 侧重指给人以长久的惊骇，极端的恐怖，令人难以忍受。
horrible: 指因骇人听闻的丑恶而令人毛骨悚然，着重厌恶的成分多于害怕。
terrific: 多指外表、形状或力量等的可怕。
appalling: 指既令害怕又使人惊异、胆寒。

形容词 dreadful:

1. causing fear or dread or terror
   同义词：awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible
2. exceptionally bad or displeasing
   同义词：atrocious, abominable, awful, painful, terrible, unspeakable
3. very unpleasant

1. What a dreadful situation for you.
   您的处境真糟糕。
2. Dreadful weather, don't you think?
   这天气真讨厌，你说不是吗?
3. Oh, no! How dreadful!
   哦，不!真可怕！
4. The room is in dreadful disorder.
   房间里乱七八糟。
5. He wrote off three cars in a year because of his dreadful driving.
   因他的可怕的驾车技术，他一年内报废了三辆车。
6. His face pale as ashes, and his lips trembling, he stammered out the dreadful news.
   他脸色苍白，嘴唇颤抖，结结巴巴说出了那可怕的消息。
7. We are waiting for God's dreadful judgement.
   我们在等待上帝令人生畏的审判。