dread

verb

/dred/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they dread	/dred/ /dred/
he / she / it dreads	/dredz/ /dredz/
past simple dreaded	/ˈdredɪd/ /ˈdredɪd/
past participle dreaded	/ˈdredɪd/ /ˈdredɪd/
-ing form dreading	/ˈdredɪŋ/ /ˈdredɪŋ/

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noun

/dred/

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[uncountable, countable, usually singular] a feeling of great fear about something that might or will happen in the future; a thing that causes this feeling
- The prospect of growing old fills me with dread.
- She has an irrational dread of hospitals.
- The committee members live in dread of (= are always worried about) anything that may cause a scandal.
- My greatest dread is that my parents will find out.
Extra Examples
- the dread she felt at the thought of meeting him again
- He lived in constant dread that one day he might be found out.
Topics Feelingsc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- great
- mortal
- existential
- …
verb + dread
- feel
- have
- live in
- …
preposition
- in dread of
- dread of
phrases
- a feeling of dread
- a sense of dread
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dreads
[plural] (informal) dreadlocks (= hair that is twisted into long thick pieces that hang down from the head, worn especially by Rastafarians)

Word OriginOld English ādrǣdan, ondrǣdan, of West Germanic origin; related to Old High German intrātan.

adjective

/dred/

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dreaded (= causing fear)
Word OriginOld English ādrǣdan, ondrǣdan, of West Germanic origin; related to Old High German intrātan.

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