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[ dred ] / drɛd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dread ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object)to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of: to dread death. to be reluctant to do, meet, or experience: I dread going to big parties. Archaic. to hold in respectful awe. verb (used without object)nounterror or apprehension as to something in the future; great fear. a person or thing dreaded. dreads, Informal. dreadlocks. Informal. a person who wears dreadlocks. Archaic. deep awe or reverence. adjectivegreatly feared; frightful; terrible. held in awe or reverential fear. Origin of dread1125–75; Middle English dreden (v.), Old English drǣdan, aphetic variant of adrǣdan, ondrǣdan; cognate with Old High German intrātan to fear SYNONYMS FOR dread10 dire, dreadful, horrible. SEE SYNONYMS FOR dread ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR dreadSEE ANTONYMS FOR dread ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for dread5. See fear. OTHER WORDS FROM dreaddread·a·ble, adjectivedreadness, nounpre·dread, noun, verb (used with object)un·dread·ed, adjective un·dread·ing, adjective Words nearby dreaddraying, drayman, Drayton, drch., D.R.E., dread, dreadful, dreadfully, dreadlocks, dreadnought, dream Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dreadThe name that most Republicans seem both to expect and dread to consider running is Vito Fossella. The Felon Who Wouldn’t Leave Congress|Ben Jacobs, David Freedlander|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST A few worries, to be sure, but not that cousin of depression and anxiety, dread. Awaiting the Grand Jury, Dread in Ferguson and America|Gene Robinson|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST Dread is the feeling I get when something bad seems to be on the way, and I know that there's not a damn thing I can do about it. Awaiting the Grand Jury, Dread in Ferguson and America|Gene Robinson|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST People will testify they were cured of dread diseases when they prayed to Romero. Why Pope Francis Wants to Declare Murdered Archbishop Romero a Saint|Christopher Dickey|August 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Throughout, they demonstrate a sophisticated appreciation for an artistic quest that was haunted by dread, persecution, and loss. Why the CIA Loved ‘Doctor Zhivago’|Kevin Canfield|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST It was a dread to see what was so carefully hidden by that breezy reserve. The Explorer|W. Somerset Maugham The thirteen-year-old brow is puckered with anguish, the child-face pale with dread, tear after tear falls from the innocent eyes. Stories and Pictures|Isaac Loeb Peretz There was nothing to detain him in town but the dread of communicating this intelligence to his wife. Debit and Credit|Gustav Freytag They pleaded with her, on bended knees, in the village church, to ward off this dread enemy and to send them protection. Our Little Polish Cousin|Florence E. Mendel She clung to him in an agony of dread lest he should go, and her sobs grew less frequent. The Master of the Ceremonies|George Manville Fenn
British Dictionary definitions for dread
verb (tr)to anticipate with apprehension or terror to fear greatly noungreat fear; horror an object of terror slang a Rastafarian adjectiveliterary awesome; awe-inspiring Word Origin for dreadOld English ondrǣdan; related to Old Saxon antdrādan, Old High German intrātan Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to dreaddismay, phobia, consternation, apprehension, horror, trepidation, terror, awe, panic, alarming, frightening, fright, alarm, affright, jitters, aversion, funk, creeps, worriment, apprehend |