dreadful
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While September’s dreadful average return has been known for years, statisticians constantly reminded us that, absent a plausible rationale, it’s too risky to bet on a poor September.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Our collective lives are like a tapestry of the adorable and the dreadful thrown together, and there’s no way to untangle the two.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Nothing sets Mr. Saad off more than postmodernism, “a dreadful idea” that came into vogue in the 1960s thanks to a trio of Frenchman, Jacques Derrida, Jacques Lacan and Michel Foucault.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
They rolled the dice with Nancy and made a dreadful blunder.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
It was 1918; the dreadful war was finally over: even in the way people walked you could sense a new hope in the air.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Vocabulary lists containing dreadful
Uncanny, Creepy, or Downright Scary: Words For Halloween
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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