Meaning Of The Word Dread

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Dread Meaning

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dread
Dread means terrible and greatly feared.
uncountable noun: Dread is a feeling of great anxiety and fear about something that may happen.
verb: If you dread something which may happen, you feel very anxious and unhappy about it because you think it will be unpleasant or upsetting.

dread in American English
dreaded or dreadful
intense fear, esp. of something which may happen
to anticipate with anxiety, alarm, or apprehension; fear intensely
to be very fearful
adjective: greatly feared; frightful; terrible
intransitive verb: to be in great fear
noun: terror or apprehension as to something in the future; great fear
transitive verb: to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of

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