direful vs dreadful

direful and dreadful both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
direful	No	Yes	No	No
dreadful	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, direful and dreadful are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of direful include awful, dire, dread, dreaded, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible.

direful (adjective)	dreadful (adjective)
causing fear or dread or terror	causing fear or dread or terror
	exceptionally bad or displeasing
	extremely disagreeable and unpleasant