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dreadful
/ˈdɹɛd.fʊl/
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.
adjective
Full of something causing dread, whether
Full of dread, whether
adverb
Dreadfully.
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