2. Inspiring with reverential fear; awful' venerable; as, dread sovereign; dread majesty; dread tribunal.
DREADABLE
Dread"a*ble, a.
Defn: Worthy of being dreaded.
DREAD-BOLTED
Dread"-bolt`ed, a.
Defn: Armed with dreaded bolts. "Dread-bolted thunder." [Poetic]
Shak.
DREADER
Dread"er, n.
Defn: One who fears, or lives in fear.
DREADFUL
Dread"ful, a.
1. Full of dread or terror; fearful. [Obs.] "With dreadful heart." Chaucer.
2. Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm. " Dreadful gloom." Milton. For all things are less dreadful than they seem. Wordsworth.