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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"
dread: [noun] great fear especially in the face of impending evil. extreme uneasiness in the face of a disagreeable prospect (see 1prospect 4c). awe.
DREAD definition: 1. to feel extremely worried or frightened about something that is going to happen or that might…. Learn more.
dread: See: consternation , fear , fright , mistrust , ominous , panic , phobia , portentous , stress , trepidation
dread: 1 n fearful expectation or anticipation Synonyms: apprehension , apprehensiveness Types: show 7 types... hide 7 types... trepidation a feeling of alarm or dread boding , foreboding , premonition , presentiment a feeling of evil to come suspense apprehension about what is going to happen gloom , gloominess , somberness , sombreness a ...
dread something This was the moment he had been dreading. dread doing something I dread being sick. dread somebody doing something She dreads her husband finding out. dread to do something I dread to think what would happen if there really was a fire here. dread that… I both hoped and dreaded that he would come.
DREAD definition: 1. to feel worried or frightened about something that has not happened yet: 2. used to say that…. Learn more.
Dread definition: to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of. See examples of DREAD used in a sentence.
Dread definition: To be in terror of; fear intensely.
[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 ...
Synonyms for DREAD: terrifying, frightening, scary, formidable, horrible, terrible, fearful, intimidating; Antonyms of DREAD: reassuring, comforting, relaxing ...
