dreadful
How many syllables in dreadful?
There are 2 syllables in the word dreadful.How to pronounce dreadful:
Synonyms for dreadful:
alarming
appalling
atrocious
awful
creepy
dire
direful
distressing
dread
dreaded
eerie
eery
fearful
fearsome
forbidding
formidable
frightening
frightful
from hell
ghastly
godawful
grievous
gruesome
hellacious
hideous
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Light syllables, having short vowels and no ending consonant, often occur in unstressed positions in polysyllabic words.
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