单词 | dreaded |
释义 | dreadedadj. a. That is regarded with dread or great fear; inspiring deep awe or apprehension. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [adjective] eislichc888 eyesfulOE awfulc1175 smarta1200 ferlya1225 sternc1275 grisea1300 uglya1300 dreadfula1325 fell?c1335 stout1338 perilousc1380 terriblec1400 ghastfulc1449 timorous1455 epouventable1477 bedreadc1485 dreadablec1490 dreadc1540 buggisha1555 dreaded1556 monster-like1561 dire1567 scareful1567 terrifying1577 scary1582 direful1583 affrighting1592 dismal1594 affrightful1603 diral1606 tirable1607 frighting1619 scaring1641 affrighteninga1651 formidolous1656 terrific1667 terrifical1677 atrocious1733 terrorful1789 orful1845 lurid1850 terrorsome1890 turble1893 timorsome1894 like the wrath of God1936 the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being awesome > [adjective] awfulc1175 grureful?c1225 fearful1340 ferdfulc1380 grisleda1400 dread1420 dreaded1556 tremblable1560 gruesome1570 awesome1578 tremend1581 awing1589 tremendous1632 aweda1656 awous?1675 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > quality of inspiring reverence > [adjective] > worthy of or inspiring reverential fear > held in reverential fear dreadlya1250 dread1420 dreaded1556 aweda1656 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie vii. 20 Dred, in dred of the dreddid, the dredder driues To Judge, more or lesse, as the dreddid contriues. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. 325 My most dreaded Soueraigne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. iii. 102 In the presence Of dreaded Iustice. View more context for this quotation 1782 Cowper Poems I. 177 If chance..A tempest usher in the dreaded morn. 1878 A. Pinkerton Strikers xviii. 219 The conductor..promptly passed the dreaded word to the dispatcher. 1915 Chambers's Jrnl. 12 June 437/1 Perhaps the most loathsome of the snakes of Natal is the dreaded puff-adder. 1990 N.Y. Times 20 Jan. 24/4 About 5 percent of all elderly patients receiving these medications long term develop tardive diskinesia—a dreaded irreversible complication marked by rhythmic, jerky movements of the face, mouth or tongue. b. In humorous and ironic use: that is regarded with mock fear, infamous; to be avoided. Usually with the. the dreaded lurgy: see lurgy n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > infamy or notoriety > [adjective] infamousc1380 unfamousc1380 famousa1425 infamed1520 skirec1540 notorious1549 infame1555 stigmatical1591 unsilent1597 exemplifieda1637 flagrant1706 flagitious1741 dreaded1810 1810 W. Scott Poet. Wks. A. Seward I. Pref. p.vii That dreaded phænomenon, a learned lady. 1881 Standard 8 July 6/1 Their captain was out for the dreaded ‘duck's egg’. 1911 L. Stone Jonah i. ix. 105 ‘Gorblimey! A knock-out!’..Stinky, with a haphazard blow, had given Chook the dreaded knock-out. 1956 S. Milligan Goon Show Scripts (1972) 169 Yes—moves right—puts dreaded dynamite under signal box for safety—does not notice dreaded wires leading to plunger up in signal cabin. Thinks. I'm for the dreaded deading alright this week. 1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai xiii. 242 A uniformed John Hop..handed me the dreaded ‘bluey’, the summons for riding a bike without lights. 1983 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 Dec. 1348/2 Static landscape scenes..veer towards the dreaded holiday snap. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmasˈdreaded ˈdreaded adj. ΚΠ 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie vii. 20 Dred, in dred of the dreddid, the dredder driues To Judge, more or lesse, as the dreddid contriues. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. X4 My most dreaded Soueraigne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. iii. 102 In the presence Of dreaded Iustice. View more context for this quotation 1863 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation 242 The dreaded rattlesnakes. < adj.1556 as lemmas |
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