Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DREAD'FUL
DREAD'FUL, a.
- Impressing great fear; terrible; formidable; as, a dreadful storm, or dreadful night. The great and dreadful day of the Lord. – Mal. iv.
- Awful; venerable. How dreadful is this place. – Gen. xlviii.
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