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dreadful

 
 
/ˈdredfəl/ adjective

Translation

extremely bad or unpleasant
berbat, korkunç, müthiş,
a dreadful mistake a dreadful man2110
(Definition of dreadful adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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