dreadsome

adj

dreadsome

adj

Etymology From dread + -some.

1

Marked by dread; dreadful; alarming.

  • But the dreadsome must evidently be of a nature we cannot do anything about.2001, Magda King, A Guide to Heidegger's Being and Time:
  • In advance of it two dreadsome young men [Archangels Michael and Gabriel] glided through the air with unsheathed swords threatening the Muslim regiments. At that moment we recognized them.2012, Warfare in Eastern Europe, 1500-1800

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