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- DictionaryDread/dred/
verb
- 1. anticipate with great apprehension or fear: "Jane was dreading the party"
noun
- 1. great fear or apprehension: "the thought of returning to New Jersey filled her with dread"
- 2. a person with dreadlocks. informal
adjective
- 1. greatly feared; dreadful: "he was stricken with the dread disease and died"
1. a. : to fear greatly. can't swim and dreads the water. a dreaded disease. b. archaic : to regard with awe. 2. : to feel extreme reluctance to meet or face. dread the future. dreaded telling him the truth. dread the thought of speaking in public. intransitive verb. : to be apprehensive or fearful. dread not. 2 of 3. noun. 1.
DREAD definition: 1. to feel extremely worried or frightened about something that is going to happen or that might…. Learn more.
Dread definition: to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of. See examples of DREAD used in a sentence.
The noun dread describes the fear of something bad happening, like the dread you feel when walking alone on a deserted street in the dark. Dread is a feeling of fear, but it can also be the desire to avoid something.
Definition of dread verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. a. Profound fear; terror: "the dread of a fire that would end not just my life but everyone else's" (Jan Clausen). b. Fearful or anxious anticipation: the dread of saying something foolish on stage. See Synonyms at fear. c. An instance of fear or fearful anticipation: His dreads about school finally subsided. d.
Dread is a feeling of great anxiety and fear about something that may happen. She thought with dread of the cold winters to come. Synonyms: fear , alarm , horror , terror More Synonyms of dread
verb. dreaded, dreading, dreads. To be in terror of; fear intensely. American Heritage. Similar definitions. To anticipate with anxiety, alarm, or apprehension; fear intensely. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To face (something disagreeable) with reluctance.
dread. [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.
Dread is a feeling of great anxiety and fear about something that may happen. She thought with dread of the cold winters to come. Synonyms: fear , alarm , horror , terror More Synonyms of dread
