dread meaning and definition

DREAD noun

Definition of dread (noun)

1. fearful expectation or anticipation
   • "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"
   • synonyms: apprehension, apprehensiveness

DREAD verb

Definition of dread (verb)

1. be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
   • "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!"
   • synonyms: fear

DREAD adjective

Definition of dread (adjective)

1. causing fear or dread or terror
   • "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
   • synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible