penny dreadful penny cake • penny gaff · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · penny dreadful · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 14 · · Length 4 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) a melodramatic paperback novel. Synonyms: dime novel, penny dreadful. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · dime novel · · Synonym 1 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 f latin small letter f U+0066 l latin small letter l U+006C n latin small letter n U+006E p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 u latin small letter u U+0075 y latin small letter y U+0079