Definition of dread

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Dread (n.) Reverential or respectful fear; awe.

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Dreadlessness :: Dreadlessness (n.) Freedom from dread.
Dreadly :: Dreadly (a.) Dreadful.
Terror :: Terror (n.) Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.
Dearn :: Dearn (a.) Secret; lonely; solitary; dreadful.
Dire :: Dire (superl.) Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.
Horrid :: Horrid (a.) Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; hence, very offensive..
Formidable :: Formidable (a.) Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming..
Dread-bolted :: Dread-bolted (a.) Armed with dreaded bolts.
Shrug :: Shrug (v. t.) To draw up or contract (the shoulders), especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like..
Dreadly :: Dreadly (adv.) With dread.
Anglophobia :: Anglophobia (n.) Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English..
Uncouth :: Uncouth (a.) Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners..
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..
Ghastly :: Ghastly (superl.) Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.
Redoubted :: Redoubted (a.) Formidable; dread.
Awe :: Awe (v. t.) To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.
Horror :: Horror (n.) That which excites horror or dread, or is horrible; gloom; dreariness..
Grisly :: Grisly (a.) Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter..
Misgive :: Misgive (v. t.) To suspect; to dread.
Dreadfully :: Dreadfully (adv.) In a dreadful manner; terribly.
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