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Dreadful vs Dreadlock - What's the difference?

dreadful | dreadlock |

As nouns the difference between dreadful and dreadlock

is that dreadful is a shocking or sensational crime while dreadlock is a single strand of dreadlocks.

As an adjective dreadful

is causing dread; very bad.

As a verb dreadlock is

to put (hair) into dreadlocks.

dreadful

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (archaic) * (l) (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Causing dread; very bad.
  • * 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) Chapter 23
    • "My greatest wish now," she added, "is to get back to Kansas, for Aunt Em will surely think something dreadful has happened to me, and that will make her put on mourning; and unless the crops are better this year than they were last, I am sure Uncle Henry cannot afford it."
  • *, chapter=17
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 10, author=Marc Higginson, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Bolton 1-2 Aston Villa , passage=After a dreadful performance in the opening 45 minutes, they upped their game after the break and might have taken at least a point from the match.}}

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "dreadful" is often applied: day, night, state, news, time, secret, storm, mistake, accident, story, dream, havoc, truth, loss, act, life, thought, creature, curse, suffering.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shocking or sensational crime.
  • A shocking or sensational report of a crime.

    • Derived terms

    * penny dreadful

    References

    * (EtymOnLine)

    dreadlock

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A single strand of dreadlocks

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To put (hair) into dreadlocks
  • *{{quote-book, 2004, David Benioff, When the Nines Roll Over and Other Stories citation
    • , passage=I paced the avenues, mane dreadlocked by city dirt.}}

    Synonyms

    *dread