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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"
to feel worried or frightened about something that has not happened yet: I'm dreading the first day at my new school. [ + doing sth ] I dread seeing him again. I dread to think UK. used to say that you do not want to think about something because it is too worrying: I dread to think what could have happened if we hadn't been wearing seat belts.
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.
Definitions of dread. noun. fearful expectation or anticipation. synonyms: apprehension, apprehensiveness. see more. adjective. causing fear or dread or terror. “the dread presence of the headmaster”. synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible.
Dread definition: to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of. See examples of DREAD used in a sentence.
[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.
6 days ago · 8 meanings: 1. to anticipate with apprehension or terror 2. to fear greatly 3. archaic to be in awe of 4. great fear; horror 5..... Click for more definitions.
