Definition of dread

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

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Dread :: Dread (a.) Inspiring with reverential fear; awful' venerable; as, dread sovereign; dread majesty; dread tribunal..
Redoubtable :: Redoubtable (a.) Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque..
Dreading :: Dreading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drea.
Doubt :: Doubt (v. i.) Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread.
Uncouth :: Uncouth (a.) Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners..
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.
Awfulness :: Awfulness (n.) The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place..
Misgive :: Misgive (v. t.) To suspect; to dread.
Shrug :: Shrug (v. t.) To draw up or contract (the shoulders), especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like..
Dreadfully :: Dreadfully (adv.) In a dreadful manner; terribly.
Direful :: Direful (a.) Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direful fiend; a direful day..
Dread :: Dread (a.) Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.
Terror :: Terror (n.) Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.
Dreadless :: Dreadless (adv.) Without doubt.
Terrific :: Terrific (a.) Causing terror; adapted to excite great fear or dread; terrible; as, a terrific form; a terrific sight..
Dread :: Dread (n.) An object of terrified apprehension.
Eery :: Eery (a.) Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories..
Dread :: Dread (v. i.) To be in dread, or great fear..
Agrise :: Agrise (v. t.) To shudder at; to abhor; to dread; to loathe.
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