a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked.
a dreadful storm.
a fearful howling.
a terrible curse.
an awful risk.
dire news.
horrendous explosions shook the city.
I fear the winters in Moscow.
polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was.
the awful war.
the dread presence of the headmaster.
the student looked around the examination room with apprehension.
We should not fear the Communists!.