simple past tense and past participle of dread
"After weeks of waiting for the results, I finally received my dreaded rejection letter from the university."
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"
Causing fear, dread or terror.
"The rain was a dreaded visitor that made everyone in the house shiver and stay indoors all day long."