Definition of dread

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Dread (n.) Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.

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Formidable :: Formidable (a.) Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming..
Dreadfulness :: Dreadfulness (n.) The quality of being dreadful.
Shrug :: Shrug (v. t.) To draw up or contract (the shoulders), especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like..
Direful :: Direful (a.) Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direful fiend; a direful day..
Dread-bolted :: Dread-bolted (a.) Armed with dreaded bolts.
Death :: Death (v. i.) Anything so dreadful as to be like death.
Dreadnaught :: Dreadnaught (n.) Hence: A garment made of very thick cloth, that can defend against storm and cold; also, the cloth itself; fearnaught..
Monstrous :: Monstrous (a.) Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful..
Dread :: Dread (a.) Inspiring with reverential fear; awful' venerable; as, dread sovereign; dread majesty; dread tribunal..
Toxiphobia :: Toxiphobia (n.) An insane or greatly exaggerated dread of poisons.
Dreadful :: Dreadful (a.) Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm..
Grisly :: Grisly (a.) Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter..
Terror :: Terror (n.) Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.
Hideous :: Hideous (a.) Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks..
Vehmic :: Vehmic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain secret tribunals which flourished in Germany from the end of the 12th century to the middle of the 16th, usurping many of the functions of the government which were too weak to maintain law and order, and inspiring dread in all who came within their jurisdiction..
Dearn :: Dearn (a.) Secret; lonely; solitary; dreadful.
Affright :: Affright (n.) The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread..
Ominous :: Ominous (a.) Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread..
Dradde :: Dradde (imp.) of Dread.
Dread :: Dread (a.) Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.
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