Sekirov Dictionary

dread

/dɹɛd/

noun 8
verb 4
adjective 2
forms 6

noun8

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Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
- My visit to the doctor is filling me with dread.
Somebody or something dreaded.
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[in the plural] (slang) Clipping of dreadlock.
- Jesus Christ had dreads / So shake 'em / I ain't got none / But I'm planning on growing some. — 2006
•
Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
- The fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth. — 1611
A Rastafarian.
•
(slang, historical) Clipping of dreadnought.
- The Royal Navy sent six dreads and four BCs to intercept the German raiding force.
(no longer used) A person highly revered.
•
(no longer used) Fury; dreadfulness.
- The mightie ones, affrayd of every chaunges dread — 1596

verb4

To fear greatly.
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To anticipate with fear.
- I'm dreading getting the results of the test, as it could decide my whole life.
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To be in dread, or great fear.
- Dread not, neither be afraid of them. — 1611
To style (the hair) into dreadlocks.

adjective2

•
Terrible; greatly feared; dreaded.
- With cat-like tread / Upon our prey we steal / In silence dread / Our cautious way we feel — 1879
•
(no longer used) Awe-inspiring; held in fearful awe.
- The acts made in the first Parliament of our most high and dread soveraigne Charles [I], by the grace of God, King of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. […] [book title] — 1633

forms

dreaded · dreading · dreadeth · dreads · dreader · dreadest

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