dreadful

Adjective
  1. Causing fear or dread or terror (synset 300195400)
    "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"
    similar to: alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
    same as: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible
  2. Exceptionally bad or displeasing (synset 301130122)
    "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
    similar to: bad - having undesirable or negative qualities
    same as: abominable, atrocious, awful, painful, terrible, unspeakable
  3. Extremely disagreeable and unpleasant (synset 300090922)
    "don't go out, the weather is dreadful"
    similar to: disagreeable - not to your liking

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