Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Dreadful
Dreadful as the parting hour.
—Anne Brontë
Dreadful as the storm.
—Thomas Campbell
As dreadful as the Manichean god.
—William Cowper
Dreadful as a gathering storm.
—John Hay
Dreadful as the God of war.
—Homer
The King is dreadful as the grim lion in the valley.
—Pentaur
Dreadful, as hermit’s dreams in haunted shades.
—Alexander Pope
Dreadful as battle arrayed.
—Francis Thompson