Definition of dread

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Dread (n.) Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.

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Dread :: Dread (n.) Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
Formidable :: Formidable (a.) Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming..
Misgive :: Misgive (v. t.) To suspect; to dread.
Dreadingly :: Dreadingly (adv.) With dread.
Dread :: Dread (v. i.) To be in dread, or great fear..
Uncouth :: Uncouth (a.) Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners..
Horrid :: Horrid (a.) Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; hence, very offensive..
Misdread :: Misdread (n.) Dread of evil.
Grisly :: Grisly (a.) Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter..
Awe :: Awe (n.) Dread; great fear mingled with respect.
Direful :: Direful (a.) Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direful fiend; a direful day..
Formidableness :: Formidableness (n.) The quality of being formidable, or adapted to excite dread..
Horrisonous :: Horrisonous (a.) Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.
Dread :: Dread (a.) Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.
Dread :: Dread (n.) Doubt; as, out of dread..
Dreader :: Dreader (n.) One who fears, or lives in fear..
Dread :: Dread (v. t.) To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension..
Apprehensive :: Apprehensive (a.) Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil.
Fear :: Fear (n.) That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness..
Portentous :: Portentous (a.) Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a beast of portentous size..
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