Definition of dread

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

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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..
Dreadnaught :: Dreadnaught (n.) A fearless person.
Awfulness :: Awfulness (n.) The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place..
Redoubted :: Redoubted (a.) Formidable; dread.
Dreadfulness :: Dreadfulness (n.) The quality of being dreadful.
Ghastly :: Ghastly (superl.) Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.
Photophobia :: Photophobia (n.) A dread or intolerance of light.
Agrise :: Agrise (v. t.) To shudder at; to abhor; to dread; to loathe.
Awe :: Awe (n.) Dread; great fear mingled with respect.
Dreadful :: Dreadful (a.) Inspiring awe or reverence; awful.
Portentous :: Portentous (a.) Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a beast of portentous size..
Monstrous :: Monstrous (a.) Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful..
Dreadable :: Dreadable (a.) Worthy of being dreaded.
Terror :: Terror (n.) Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.
Adrad :: Adrad (p. a.) Put in dread; afraid.
Eery :: Eery (a.) Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories..
Dread :: Dread (n.) Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
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..
Dread-bolted :: Dread-bolted (a.) Armed with dreaded bolts.
Terror :: Terror (n.) That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear.
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