dreadful vs fearful

dreadful and fearful both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, dreadful and fearful are synonyms defined as:

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

dreadful (adjective)	fearful (adjective)
causing fear or dread or terror	lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
exceptionally bad or displeasing	experiencing or showing fear
extremely disagreeable and unpleasant	causing fear or dread or terror
	extremely distressing
	timid by nature or revealing timidity