Definition of dread

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Dread (v. i.) To be in dread, or great fear..

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Dread :: Dread (n.) Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
Horribly :: Horribly (adv.) In a manner to excite horror; dreadfully; terribly.
Bibliophobia :: Bibliophobia (n.) A dread of books.
Eery :: Eery (a.) Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories..
Russophobist :: Russophobist () One who dreads Russia or Russian influence.
Awe :: Awe (v. t.) To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.
Horribleness :: Horribleness (n.) The state or quality of being horrible; dreadfulness; hideousness.
Horror :: Horror (n.) A painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling inspired by something frightful and shocking..
Aerophoby :: Aerophoby (n.) Dread of a current of air.
Dreadless :: Dreadless (a.) Exempt from danger which causes dread; secure.
Direful :: Direful (a.) Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direful fiend; a direful day..
Dreadnaught :: Dreadnaught (n.) A fearless person.
Ominous :: Ominous (a.) Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread..
Horrible :: Horrible (a.) Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story; a horrible murder..
Misgive :: Misgive (v. t.) To suspect; to dread.
Dire :: Dire (superl.) Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.
Doubt :: Doubt (v. i.) Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread.
Shrug :: Shrug (v. t.) To draw up or contract (the shoulders), especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like..
Dreadful :: Dreadful (a.) Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm..
Fearnaught :: Fearnaught (n.) A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnaught; also, a warm garment..
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