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Dreadful (4)

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<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">dreadful</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for dire that I've seen before include "Ominous; very bad" , "Desperate; dreadful" , "Appalling or extreme" , "Fearful" , "Really dreadful - ride on" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, The Telegraph, the Universal, the Newsday, The New York Times, the King Feature Syndicate, the Evening Standard and the Penny Press.
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