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| Pronunciation:  |   | dr'edud
 
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|   | Definition: |   | [adj]  causing fear or dread or terror; "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"   |  
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|   | Synonyms: |   | alarming, awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |  
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