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Dread
drɛd
Dread definitions
verb
dread
dreaded
dreading
dreads
- anticipate with great apprehension or fear
"Jane was dreading the party"
- regard with great awe or reverence
"the man whom Henry dreaded as the future champion of English freedom"
noun
dread
dreads
- great fear or apprehension
"the thought of returning to London filled her with dread"
- a person with dreadlocks
"the band appeals to dreads and baldheads alike"
- dreadlocks
"Lyon combed his fingers through Curtis' dreads"
- a sudden take-off and flight of a flock of gulls or other birds
"flocks of wood sandpiper, often excitable, noisy, and given to dreads"
adjective
dread
- greatly feared; dreadful
"he was stricken with the dread disease and died"
- regarded with awe; greatly revered
"that dread being we dare oppose"