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How to pronounce “dreadful”
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Pronunciation guide for dreadful
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of dreadful with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Ethan Zuckerman: How to listen to global voices 20 minutes
which is dreadful, and I agree that it's dreadful --
- Definition summary
- Full of something causing dread, whether
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce dreadful
Ethan Zuckerman: How to listen to global voices 20 minutes
which is dreadful, and I agree that it's dreadful --
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “dreadful”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Full of something causing dread, whether
- (obsolete) Full of dread, whether
- [Adverb]
- (informal) Dreadfully.
- [Noun]
- A shocker: a report of a crime written in a provokingly lurid style.
- A journal or broadsheet printing such reports.
- A shocking or sensational crime.
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