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Meaning of "penny-dreadful" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PENNY-DREADFUL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PENNY-DREADFUL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Penny-Dreadful is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PENNY-DREADFUL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of penny-dreadful in the English dictionary

The definition of penny-dreadful in the dictionary is a cheap, often lurid or sensational book or magazine.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PENNY-DREADFUL

penny
penny arcade
Penny Black
penny loafer
penny shares
penny whistle
penny-a-liner
penny-farthing
penny-gaff
penny-in-the-slot machine
penny-pincher
penny-pinching
penny-wise
penny-wise and pound-foolish
pennyboy
pennycress
pennyfee
pennyland
pennyroyal
pennyweight

WORDS THAT END LIKE PENNY-DREADFUL

aidful
deedful
discordful
disregardful
do the needful
dreadful
fraudful
gladful
handful
headful
heedful
mindful
needful
proudful
regardful
remindful
speedful
the needful
unmindful
unneedful

Synonyms and antonyms of penny-dreadful in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «penny-dreadful» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PENNY-DREADFUL

Find out the translation of penny-dreadful to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of penny-dreadful from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «penny-dreadful» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

一分钱可怕
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

- Penny Dreadful
570 millions of speakers

English

penny-dreadful
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लापरवाही से भयानक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بنس المروعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пенни - ужасно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

penny- terrível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পেনি-ভয়ঙ্কর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sou - terrible
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sen-dahsyat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Penny - schrecklichen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ペニー恐ろしい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

페니 - 무서운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Penny-dreadful
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

penny- khủng khiếp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பென்னி-அச்சமூட்டும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चांदीचे नाणे-भयंकर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

penny-korkunç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

penny - terribile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

penny - straszne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пенні - жахливо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- penny îngrozitor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

penny - φοβερή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Penny - verskriklike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

penny - fruktansvärda
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

penny- dreadful
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of penny-dreadful

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PENNY-DREADFUL»

The term «penny-dreadful» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.945 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PENNY-DREADFUL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about penny-dreadful

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PENNY-DREADFUL»

Discover the use of penny-dreadful in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to penny-dreadful and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Penny Dreadful
A decade in the making, A Penny Dreadful is a large suite of works revisited a century and a half after the penny dreadful gained popularity depicting lurid crimes and shocking romance.
Gustave Morin, 2003
2
Penny Dreadful
In the suspenseful sequel to Kiss Me, Judas, ex-cop Phineas Poe joins his old ally, Detective Moon, in the search for a missing officer, Jimmy Sky, a man who may not even exist, and becomes embroiled in a bizarre role-playing game involving ...
Will Christopher Baer, 2006
3
Penny Dreadful
The perfect book for girls and boys who look to find adventure and magic in surprising places!
Laurel Snyder, 2010
4
Phineas Poe: Kiss Me, Judas, Penny Dreadful, Hell's Half ...
A disgraced former police officer and morphine addict, Phineas Poe follows a mysterious, beautiful, and deadly woman named Jude through a drugged-out underworld of stolen kidneys, violent fantasy games, and snuff films, in an omnibus ...
Will Christopher Baer, 2005
5
Penny Dreadful is a Complete Catastrophe
Penny Dreadful is a magnet for disaster. This book features three stories where Penny creates mishap, mayhem, and misadventure wherever she goes.
Joanna Nadin, 2011
6
Penny Dreadful Cooks Up a Calamity
Penny can't help but attract mischief, no matter where she goes. Follow Penny's disastrous misadventures.
Joanna Nadin, 2012
7
Penny Dreadful Is Incredibly Contagious
Three hilarious short stories in one book: Penny Dreadful and the Best Friend, in which Penny finds herself getting on unusually well with her arch-enemy Bridget Grimes; Penny Dreadful is Incredibly Contagious, in which a case of chicken ...
Joanna Nadin, 2013
8
Penny Dreadful Causes a Kerfuffle
Penny Dreadful is a magnet for disaster. Get ready for a taste of destruction with Penny's third side-splitting trio of troublesome tales - she's a national treasure in the making.
Joanna Nadin, 2012
9
Penny Dreadful Presents ... The Turn of the Screw and Agnes ...
What initially seems an idyllic soon turns nightmarish, as she becomes convinced that the children are consorting with a pair of malevolent spirits. These are the ghosts of former employees at Bly: a valet and a previous governess.
Henry James, Anne Brontë, 2014
10
Penny Dreadful Multipack Vol. 3 (Illustrated. Annotated. ...
Get ready for the new series from Showtime coming in May with these THREE PENNY DREADFUL CLASSICS REMASTERED FOR ANDROID DEVICES: 'Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,' 'The Mysteries of Paris Vols.1-3' and 'The Compensation House,' a ...
Robert Louis Stevenson, Eugene Sue, Charles Collins, 2014

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Penny-Dreadful [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/penny-dreadful>. Apr 2024 ».
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