Definition of dread

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Dread (a.) Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.

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Astonishment :: Astonishment (n.) The overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement..
Formidable :: Formidable (a.) Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming..
Dread :: Dread (n.) A person highly revered.
Hydrophobia :: Hydrophobia (n.) An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of canine madness; hence:.
Awfulness :: Awfulness (n.) The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place..
Dread :: Dread (a.) Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.
Dreadnaught :: Dreadnaught (n.) A fearless person.
Toxiphobia :: Toxiphobia (n.) An insane or greatly exaggerated dread of poisons.
Horror :: Horror (n.) That which excites horror or dread, or is horrible; gloom; dreariness..
Awe :: Awe (v. t.) To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.
Aerophoby :: Aerophoby (n.) Dread of a current of air.
Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. t.) To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear..
Abominate :: Abominate (v. t.) To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety..
Agrise :: Agrise (v. t.) To shudder at; to abhor; to dread; to loathe.
Terrific :: Terrific (a.) Causing terror; adapted to excite great fear or dread; terrible; as, a terrific form; a terrific sight..
Terrible :: Terrible (a.) Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread; dreadful; formidable..
Ydrad :: Ydrad (p. p.) Dreaded.
Eery :: Eery (a.) Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories..
Terror :: Terror (n.) That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear.
Dreadless :: Dreadless (a.) Free from dread; fearless; intrepid; dauntless; as, dreadless heart..
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