Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.

    My visit to the doctor is filling me with dread.

    Grausen, Schaudern, Angst

    страхstrax, боя́зньbojáznʹ

  2. (countable, uncountable)Reverential or respectful fear; awe.

    Ehrfurcht

  3. (countable, uncountable)Somebody or something dreaded.

    Gefürchtete, Befürchtete

  4. (countable, uncountable)A Rastafarian.

  5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A person highly revered.

  6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Fury; dreadfulness.

More definitions
  • fearful expectation or anticipation

Examples

94 sentences
  1. Why do you think animals dread fire?

    Чому, на твою думку, тварини бояться вогню? — deniko

    deWarum denkst du, dass Tiere Angst vor Feuer haben? — Zaghawa

  2. Tom dreads going to work tomorrow.

  3. That was a question Tom dreaded answering.

  4. She dreaded having to tell him what had happened.

  5. Tom dreaded having to spend another weekend with Mary.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
great fear in view of impending evil:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
great fear in view of impending evil:
respectful fear, awe:
somebody or something dreaded:

Origin

From Middle English drede, dred, from the verb (see above). Cognate with Old Frisian drēd,

From Middle English drede, dred, from the verb (see above). Cognate with Old Frisian drēd, drēde (“fear, dread”).

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Forms

plural: dreads
Singulardread
Pluraldreads

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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