Meaning

2 senses
  1. Characterised by dread.

  2. (slang)Resembling or characteristic of dreads.

Origin

From Middle English dredy, equivalent to dread + -y. From dread (“dreadlocks”) + -y.

From Middle English dredy, equivalent to dread + -y.

From dread (“dreadlocks”) + -y.

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Forms

dreadier/more dready, dreadiest/most dready
Comparativedreadier / more dready Lesson
Superlativedreadiest / most dready Lesson

regular

Word family

1 related words
Deriveddreadily

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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