Dictionary Definition
dreadfully adv
1 of a dreadful kind; "there was a dreadfully
bloody accident on the road this morning" [syn: awfully, horribly]
2 in a dreadful manner; "as he looks at the mess
he has left behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to
succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally failed"
[syn: dismally]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adverb
- In a dreadful manner.
- Exceptionally, eminently, very much.
Translations
in a dreadful manner
- Hungarian: félelmetesen, ijesztően
- Portuguese: terrivelmente
exceptionally, eminently, very much
- Hungarian: borzasztóan, szörnyen, irtó, irtózatosan
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abominably, agonizingly, alarmingly, appallingly, astoundingly, atrociously, awful, awfully, baldly, balefully, banefully, basely, bestially, big, bitterly, blatantly, brashly, brutally, confoundedly, contemptibly, cruelly, damnably, damned, deadly, deathly, despicably, detestably, deucedly, direly, disconcertingly,
disgustingly,
dismayingly,
distressingly,
dolorously, dreadful, egregiously, exceedingly, excessively, excruciatingly, exorbitantly, extravagantly, extremely, fearfully, flagrantly, forbiddingly, foully, frightfully, fulsomely, ghastly, grievously, grimly, grossly, gruesomely, hellishly, hideously, horrendously, horribly, horridly, horrifically, horrifyingly, improperly, inexcusably, infamously, infernally, inordinately, intolerably, lamentably, loathsomely, miserably, nakedly, nastily, nauseatingly, notoriously, obnoxiously, odiously, offensively, openly, outrageously, painfully, piteously, repugnantly, repulsively, revoltingly, sadly, savagely, scandalously, shabbily, shamefully, shatteringly, shockingly, something awful,
something fierce, sordidly, sorely, staggeringly, startlingly, strikingly, surpassingly, terribly, terrifically, torturously, tragically, tremendously, unashamedly, unbearably, unconscionably, unduly, unpardonably, viciously, vilely, woefully, wretchedly