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Meaning of 'dread' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dread [ a.]
- Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.
- Inspiring with reverential fear; awful' venerable; as, dread sovereign; dread majesty; dread tribunal.
2 . Dread [ n.]
- Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
- Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
- An object of terrified apprehension.
- A person highly revered.
- Fury; dreadfulness.
- Doubt; as, out of dread.
3 . Dread [ v. i.]
- To be in dread, or great fear.
4 . Dread [ v. t.]
- To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension.

Meaning of 'dread' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dread [ n]
Meaning (1):
- fearful expectation or anticipation
Example in sentence:
  • the student looked around the examination room with apprehension
2 . dread [ v]
Meaning (2):
- be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
Example in sentence:
  • I fear the winters in Moscow;
  • We should not fear the Communists!
3 . dread [ s]
Meaning (3):
- causing fear or dread or terror
Example in sentence:
  • a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked;
  • a dreadful storm;
  • a fearful howling;
  • a terrible curse;
  • an awful risk;
  • dire news;
  • horrendous explosions shook the city;
  • polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was;
  • the awful war;
  • the dread presence of the headmaster

Nearby Words:

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