en:awful • dire • direful • dread • dreaded • fearsome • frightening • horrendous • horrific • terribleen

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  • adj.
    ⦿causing fear or dread or terror
    lexical concept
  • a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
  • a dreadful storm
  • a fearful howling
  • a terrible curse
  • an awful risk
  • dire news
  • horrendous explosions shook the city
  • polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
  • the awful war
  • the dread presence of the headmaster

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Lexical context

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∴ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:awful
  2. enl:dire
  3. enl:direful
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  • awful • dire • direful • dread • dreaded • dreadful • fearful • fearsome • frightening • horrendous • horrific • terrible
  • awful • dire • direful • dread • dreaded • fearsome • frightening • horrendous • horrific • terrible