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- Dictionarydread/drɛd/
verb
- 1. anticipate with great apprehension or fear: "Jane was dreading the party"
- 2. regard with great awe or reverence: archaic "the man whom Henry dreaded as the future champion of English freedom"
noun
- 1. great fear or apprehension: "the thought of returning to London filled her with dread"
- 2. a sudden take-off and flight of a flock of gulls or other birds: "flocks of wood sandpiper, often excitable, noisy, and given to dreads"
adjective
- 1. greatly feared; dreadful: "he was stricken with the dread disease and died"
- 2. regarded with awe; greatly revered: archaic "that dread being we dare oppose"
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DREAD definition: 1. to feel extremely worried or frightened about something that is going to happen or that might…. Learn more.
fear is the most general term and implies anxiety and usually loss of courage. fear of the unknown. dread usually adds the idea of intense reluctance to face or meet a person or situation and suggests aversion as well as anxiety. faced the meeting with dread.
Dread definition: to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of. See examples of DREAD used in a sentence.
The noun dread describes the fear of something bad happening, like the dread you feel when walking alone on a deserted street in the dark. Dread is a feeling of fear, but it can also be the desire to avoid something.
Definition of dread verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Noun. Adjective. Filter. verb. dreaded, dreading, dreads. To be in terror of; fear intensely. American Heritage. Similar definitions. To anticipate with anxiety, alarm, or apprehension; fear intensely. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To face (something disagreeable) with reluctance. Webster's New World. To be very fearful.
Dread is a feeling of great anxiety and fear about something that may happen. She thought with dread of the cold winters to come. Synonyms: fear , alarm , horror , terror More Synonyms of dread
[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.
dread. (drĕd) v. dread·ed, dread·ing, dreads. v.tr. 1. To be in terror of; fear intensely: "What I most dreaded as a child was the close danger of the atomic bomb" (James Carroll). 2. To anticipate with alarm, distaste, or reluctance: We dreaded the long drive home. 3. Archaic To hold in awe or reverence. v.intr. To be very afraid. n. 1. a.
DREAD definition: 1. to feel worried or frightened about something that has not happened yet: 2. used to say that…. Learn more.
