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dread

(dr/E/d )

adjective (a)

Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.(adjective)

source: webster1913

noun (n)

fearful expectation or anticipation(noun.feeling)

Synonym:
apprehension, apprehensiveness

source: wordnet30
Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.(noun)

source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

causing fear or dread or terror(adj.all)

Example:
The dread presence of the headmaster.
Polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was.
A dreadful storm.

Synonym:
awful, dire, direful, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible

source: wordnet30

verb (v)

be afraid or scared of; be frightened of(verb.emotion)

Synonym:
fear

source: wordnet30
To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension.(verb)

source: webster1913
To be in dread, or great fear.(verb)

source: webster1913

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