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Dread Common

Dread has 6 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

fearful expectation or anticipation

"the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"

2

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."

Verb
1

be afraid or scared of; be frightened of

"I fear the winters in Moscow"

"We should not fear the Communists!"

2

To fear greatly.

"She opened her eyes wide with dread when she heard the news that the storm had hit harder than forecasted."

Adjective
1

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"

2

Terrible; greatly feared; dreaded.

"The thought of facing the angry mob filled her with a terrible dread that made her legs tremble."

Example Sentences
"the student looked around the examination room with apprehension" noun
"I fear the winters in Moscow" verb
"We should not fear the Communists!" verb
"the awful war" adjective
"an awful risk" adjective
"dire news" adjective
"a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked" adjective
"the dread presence of the headmaster" adjective
"polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was" adjective
"a dreadful storm" adjective
See Also
dreaded redoubt style phobanthropy dreader formidable cosmophobia indread
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
fear
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
trepidation foreboding suspense gloom chill panic
Rhyming Words
yead read lead mead pead head bead sead dead glead tread oread aread ahead knead blead stead plead snead gilead
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