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English to English adjective
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Frightful; causing fear. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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causing fear or dread or terror | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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