dread

[ dred ]

/ drɛd /

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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)

to be in great fear.

noun

terror or apprehension as to something in the future; great fear.

a person or thing dreaded.

dreads, Informal. dreadlocks.

Informal. a person who wears dreadlocks.w

Archaic. deep awe or reverence.

adjective

greatly feared; frightful; terrible.

held in awe or reverential fear.

Origin of dread

1125–75; Middle English dreden (v.), Old English drǣdan, aphetic variant of adrǣdan, ondrǣdan; cognate with Old High German intrātan to fear

SYNONYMS FOR dread

5 See fear.

10 dire, dreadful, horrible.

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ANTONYMS FOR dread

1 welcome.

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OTHER WORDS FROM dread

dread·a·ble, adjective dread·ness, noun pre·dread, noun, verb (used with object) un·dread·ed, adjective

un·dread·ing, adjective

Words nearby dread

draying, drayman, drayton, drch., dre, dread, dreadful, dreadfully, dreadlocks, dreadnought, dream

Example sentences from the Web for dread

The 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

dread

/ (drɛd) /

verb (tr)

to anticipate with apprehension or terror

to fear greatly

archaic to be in awe of

noun

great fear; horror

an object of terror

slang a Rastafarian

archaic deep reverence

adjective

literary awesome; awe-inspiring

Word Origin for dread

Old English ondrǣdan; related to Old Saxon antdrādan, Old High German intrātan

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adjective

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