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Synset omw.00193799-a

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Lemmas: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible

Definition: causing fear or dread or terror

Examples:

• the awful war
• an awful risk
• dire news
• a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
• the dread presence of the headmaster
• polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
• a dreadful storm
• a fearful howling
• horrendous explosions shook the city
• a terrible curse