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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dread /drɛd/USA pronunciation v. - to fear greatly:[~ + object]to dread death.
- to be very reluctant to experience: [~ + object]I dread the thought of arriving late.[~ + verb-ing]I dreaded coming in late to meetings.[~ + to + think]I dread to think what will happen next.
n. - terror or apprehension about the future:[uncountable]filled with horror and dread.
- a person or thing dreaded:[uncountable]the dread of being late for the exam.
- dreads, [plural] dreadlocks.
adj. [before a noun] - greatly feared;
frightful;
terrible:a dread disease.
dread•ed, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dread (dred),USA pronunciation v.t. - to fear greatly;
be in extreme apprehension of:to dread death. - to be reluctant to do, meet, or experience:I dread going to big parties.
- [Archaic.]to hold in respectful awe.
v.i. - to be in great fear.
n. - terror or apprehension as to something in the future;
great fear. - a person or thing dreaded.
- [Archaic.]deep awe or reverence.
adj. - greatly feared;
frightful;
terrible. - held in awe or reverential fear.
- 1125–75; Middle English dreden (verb, verbal), Old English drǣdan, aphetic variant of adrǣdan, ondrǣdan; cognate with Old High German intrātan to fear
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See fear.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dire, dreadful, horrible.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged welcome.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dread /drɛd/ vb (transitive)- to anticipate with apprehension or terror
- to fear greatly
- archaic to be in awe of
n - great fear; horror
- an object of terror
- slang a Rastafarian
- archaic deep reverence
adj - literary awesome; awe-inspiring
Etymology: Old English ondrǣdan; related to Old Saxon antdrādan, Old High German intrātan |