Definition of dread

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

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Awe :: Awe (n.) The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence..
Dreadingly :: Dreadingly (adv.) With dread.
Hydrophobia :: Hydrophobia (n.) An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of canine madness; hence:.
Horrid :: Horrid (a.) Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; hence, very offensive..
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..
Dreadfully :: Dreadfully (adv.) In a dreadful manner; terribly.
Russophobist :: Russophobist () One who dreads Russia or Russian influence.
Misdread :: Misdread (n.) Dread of evil.
Dread :: Dread (n.) Fury; dreadfulness.
Direful :: Direful (a.) Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direful fiend; a direful day..
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..
Fearnaught :: Fearnaught (n.) A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnaught; also, a warm garment..
Dread-bolted :: Dread-bolted (a.) Armed with dreaded bolts.
Adread :: Adread (v. t. & i.) To dread.
Formidableness :: Formidableness (n.) The quality of being formidable, or adapted to excite dread..
Russophobia :: Russophobia (n.) Morbid dread of Russia or of Russian influence.
Awe :: Awe (v. t.) To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.
Terrific :: Terrific (a.) Causing terror; adapted to excite great fear or dread; terrible; as, a terrific form; a terrific sight..
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..
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