Dreadful

How many syllables in Dreadful?

dreadful has 2 syllables

Split Dreadful into syllables?

dread-ful

Definition of Dreadful

causing or involving great fear or suffering; extremely bad or serious

How should Dreadful divide into syllables

The first syllable 'dread' has a vowel 'e' and two consonants 'd' and 'r'. The second syllable 'ful' has a vowel 'u' and a consonant 'l'.

Part of Speech - Dreadful

Adjective

The horror movie was so dreadful that I couldn't sleep for days.

Sentences with Dreadful

  • The storm caused dreadful damage to the town.
  • I have a dreadful headache today.
  • The food at the restaurant was dreadful.
  • She had a dreadful fear of spiders.
  • He was in a dreadful mood all day.
  • The exam results were dreadful.
  • The car accident was a dreadful sight.
  • The disease had a dreadful effect on her health.
  • The noise from the construction site was dreadful.
  • The service at the hotel was dreadful.

Quotes with Dreadful

  • The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good. - John Locke
  • The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself. - Publilius Syrus
  • Dreadful will be the day when the world becomes contented, when one great universal satisfaction spreads itself over the world. Sad will be the day for every man when he becomes absolutely contented with the life that he is living, with the thoughts that he is thinking, with the deeds that he is doing, when there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger, which he knows that he was meant and made to do. - Phillips Brooks
  • Dreadful is the state of the mind which can hope for happiness only by its continuance. - Samuel Johnson
  • The heart of man is the place the devil dwells in; I feel sometimes a hell within myself. - Francis Quarles
  • I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way. - Franklin P. Adams
  • Dreadful is the end of those who do not speak when they should. - Euripides
  • The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married. - Cyril Connolly
  • I have a dreadful need of - dare I say the word - religion. Then I go out at night and paint the stars. - Vincent Van Gogh
  • Dreadful indeed is the close alliance between a mental occupation which is not even a profession, but crafts, and the habits of mind and conduct which support speculative gambling. - John Maynard Keynes
  • One of the dreadful things about having Alzheimer's is that you are always losing things - your keys, your way home, your loved ones. - Kate Swaffer
  • I have a dreadful fear of being like somebody who's already been done. - Vivienne Westwood
  • I have a dreadful memory. I'm forgetful of everything except forgetting. - Anita Loos
  • The most dreadful of all things is a caricature that is believed. - Gustave Flaubert
  • Dreadful is the suspicion of something wrong in friendships. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • The dread of criticism is the death of genius. - William Gilmore Simms
  • The dreadful burden of having nothing to do. - Nicolas Chamfort
  • The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married. - Cyril Connolly
  • There is no such thing as a dreadful situation in this world. Every single circumstance of your life can be changed! - Rhonda Byrne
  • Dreadful memories rise from the depths of the past and engulf me as if it were yesterday. - Radclyffe Hall

Number of characters in Dreadful

8 ( d, r, e, a, d, f, u, l )

Unique letters in Dreadful

7 ( d, r, e, a, f, u, l )

Dreadful Backwards

lufdaerd

Phonetic Transcription of Dreadful

IPA (International): ˈdredfʌl

ARA (American): ˈdrɛdfʌl

EPA (English): ˈdredfʌl

DREH-DFAH-L