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dreadful

 adjective
     
dread‧ful
1 extremely unpleasant [= terrible]:
We've had some dreadful weather lately.
Michelle felt absolutely dreadful (=very ill).
2 [only before noun] used to emphasize how bad something or someone is [= terrible]:
a dreadful mistake
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