fearful expectation or anticipation
"the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"
Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
"The storm rolled in, and I was filled with dread as I thought about the power lines snapping overhead."
causing fear or dread or terror
"the awful war"
"an awful risk"
"dire news"
"a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"
"the dread presence of the headmaster"
"polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"
"a dreadful storm"
"a fearful howling"
"horrendous explosions shook the city"
"a terrible curse"
Terrible; greatly feared; dreaded.
"The thought of facing the angry mob filled her with a terrible dread that made her legs tremble."