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单词 dreaded
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dreaded

(dredɪd)
1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Dreaded means terrible and greatly feared.
No one knew how to treat this dreaded disease.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
You can use the dreaded to describe something that you, or a particular group of people, find annoying, inconvenient, or undesirable.
[informal, feelings]
She's a victim of the dreaded hay fever.
Team orders on the final day were to avoid the dreaded blank at all costs.
More Synonyms of dreaded

Examples of 'dreaded' in a sentence
dreaded

Are we facing the dreaded double dip?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But this defeat leaves them just three points clear of the dreaded drop zone.
The Sun (2010)
And all three clubs have since suffered the dreaded drop.
The Sun (2015)
It was the dreaded knock on the door in the night.
The Sun (2006)
It is hard to know where to go after the manager has received the dreaded vote of confidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Which is when the dreaded muffin top, back fat and saddle bags come in.
The Sun (2014)
The dreaded knock on the door came at 6.30pm.
The Sun (2008)
FOREST pulled away from the dreaded drop zone with a win over fellow strugglers Millwall.
The Sun (2012)
Make sure they're not too tight and don't give you the dreaded muffin top.
The Sun (2008)
If it's yellow, then it may have the dreaded disease.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
As many as 30 to 40 percent of people in their eighties have this dreaded disease.
Christianity Today (2000)

In other languages
dreaded

British English: dreaded ADJECTIVE
Dreaded means terrible and greatly feared.
No one knew how to treat this dreaded disease.
  • American English: dreaded
  • Brazilian Portuguese: pavoroso
  • Chinese: 可怕的
  • European Spanish: temido
  • French: redouté
  • German: gefürchtet
  • Italian: temibile
  • Japanese: 恐ろしい
  • Korean: 무시무시한
  • European Portuguese: pavoroso
  • Latin American Spanish: temido

(adjective) 
this dreaded disease
Synonyms
feared
dread (literary)
It was almost impossible to have a chat without someone using the dread phrase `going forward '.
dreadful

Additional synonyms

in the sense of dread
It was almost impossible to have a chat without someone using the dread phrase `going forward '.
Synonyms
frightening,
terrible,
alarming,
awful,
terrifying,
horrible,
dreadful,
dreaded,
dire,
frightful

Synonyms of 'dreaded'

dreaded

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