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Dreadful

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adjective satellite

• fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless

• causing fear or dread or terror

38%7Dreadful or dreadful trials
noun

• a severe or trying experience

• a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence

19%10 Terrible or dreadful
adjective satellite

• unequivocally detestable

• exceptionally bad or displeasing

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