Titanic vs dreadful

Titanic

noun
  • A venture that fails spectacularly, especially one perceived as overconfident. 

adj
  • Of a conflict or contest: involving equally powerful participants. 

  • Of or relating to the Titans, a race of giant gods in Greek mythology. 

  • Having great size, or great force, power, or strength. 

name
  • The R.M.S. Titanic, an ocean liner, supposedly unsinkable, that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg. 

dreadful

noun
  • A shocking or sensational crime. 

  • A journal or broadsheet printing such reports. 

  • A shocker: a report of a crime written in a provokingly lurid style. 

adj
  • Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky. 

  • Unpleasant, awful, very bad (also used as an intensifier). 

adv
  • Dreadfully. 

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