Definition of dread

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Dread (n.) Reverential or respectful fear; awe.

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Eery :: Eery (a.) Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories..
Dreadly :: Dreadly (a.) Dreadful.
Dread :: Dread (v. i.) To be in dread, or great fear..
Dread :: Dread (n.) Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
Bete Noire :: Bete noire () Something especially hated or dreaded; a bugbear.
Grisly :: Grisly (a.) Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter..
Dreadfully :: Dreadfully (adv.) In a dreadful manner; terribly.
Doubt :: Doubt (v. i.) Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread.
Dread :: Dread (v. t.) To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension..
Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. t.) To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear..
Dreadingly :: Dreadingly (adv.) With dread.
Horribly :: Horribly (adv.) In a manner to excite horror; dreadfully; terribly.
Anglophobia :: Anglophobia (n.) Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English..
Apprehensive :: Apprehensive (a.) Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil.
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..
Uncouth :: Uncouth (a.) Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners..
Dread :: Dread (n.) A person highly revered.
Awfulness :: Awfulness (n.) The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place..
Fear :: Fear (n.) That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness..
Fearnaught :: Fearnaught (n.) A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnaught; also, a warm garment..
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