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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"
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.
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. dread. noun [ U, no plural ] uk / dred / us. a strong feeling of fear or worry: [ + of + doing sth ] a dread of being lonely.
to be reluctant to do, meet, or experience: I dread going to big parties. Archaic. to hold in respectful awe. See more. 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.
3 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.
Dread definition, to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of: to dread death. See more.
