Meaning

1 senses

  1. To bring about or fill with fear or dread; make dreaded or dreadful.

Origin

From dread (noun) + -en (verbal suffix).

From dread (noun) + -en (verbal suffix).

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Forms

dreadens, dreadening, dreadened, dreadened
Base formdreaden · to dreaden
3rd person singulardreadens
Present participledreadening
Past simpledreadened
Past participledreadened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydreaden
he, she, itdreadens

Past simpleLesson

all personsdreadened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dreadened
he, she, ithas dreadened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dreaden

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
drawingA2dreadB2dreadfulB2dreadfully
dreaden — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto