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dread
[dred] Pronunciation Key
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[dred] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
–noun
–adjective
| 1. | to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of: to dread death. |
| 2. | to be reluctant to do, meet, or experience: I dread going to big parties. |
| 3. | Archaic. to hold in respectful awe. |
| 4. | to be in great fear. |
| 5. | terror or apprehension as to something in the future; great fear. |
| 6. | a person or thing dreaded. |
| 7. | dreads, Informal. dreadlocks. |
| 8. | Informal. a person who wears dreadlocks. |
| 9. | Archaic. deep awe or reverence. |
| 10. | greatly feared; frightful; terrible. |
| 11. | held in awe or reverential fear. |
[Origin: 1125–75; ME dreden (v.), OE drǣdan, aph. var. of adrǣdan, ondrǣdan; c. OHG intrātan to fear
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dread·a·ble, adjective
dreadness, noun
—Antonyms 1. welcome.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| dread
(drěd) Pronunciation Key
v. dread·ed, dread·ing, dreads v. tr.
v. intr. To be very afraid. n.
adj.
[Middle English dreden, short for adreden, from Old English adrǣdan, from ondrǣdan, to advise against, fear : ond-, and-, against; see un-2 + rǣdan, to advise; see ar- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
dread
dread
c.1175, from O.E. ondrædan "counsel or advise against," also "fear," from on- "against," second element of uncertain origin; prefix wore off after 12c. Dreadlocks first recorded 1960, so called from the dread they presumably aroused in beholders, but Rastafarian dread (1974) also has a sense of "fear of the Lord," expressed in part as alienation from contemporary society.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| 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" |
noun | |
| 1. | fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension" [syn: apprehension] |
verb | |
| 1. | be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!" [syn: fear] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Dread
Dread\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dreaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Dreading.] [AS. dr?dan, in comp.; akin to OS. dr[=a]dan, OHG. tr[=a]tan, both only in comp.] To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension. When at length the moment dreaded through so many years came close, the dark cloud passed away from Johnson's mind. --Macaulay.
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Dread
Dread\, v. i. To be in dread, or great fear. Dread not, neither be afraid of them. --Deut. i. 29.
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Dread
Dread\, n. 1. Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror. The secret dread of divine displeasure. --Tillotson. The dread of something after death. --Shak. 2. Reverential or respectful fear; awe. The fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth. --Gen. ix. 2. His scepter shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings. --Shak. 3. An object of terrified apprehension. 4. A person highly revered. [Obs.] "Una, his dear dread." --Spenser. 5. Fury; dreadfulness. [Obs.] --Spenser. 6. Doubt; as, out of dread. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Syn: Awe; fear; affright; terror; horror; dismay; apprehension. See Reverence.
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Dread
Dread\, a. 1. Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful. A dread eternity! how surely mine. --Young. 2. Inspiring with reverential fear; awful' venerable; as, dread sovereign; dread majesty; dread tribunal.
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