Bible Dictionaries
Dreadful

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Inspiring awe or reverence; awful.

(2):

(a.) Full of dread or terror; fearful.

(3):

(a.) Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dreadful'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/dreadful.html. 1828.