Definition of dread

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

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Redoubt :: Redoubt (v. t.) To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread.
Eery :: Eery (a.) Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories..
Hideous :: Hideous (a.) Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks..
Dread :: Dread (v. i.) To be in dread, or great fear..
Dire :: Dire (superl.) Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.
Dreadfully :: Dreadfully (adv.) In a dreadful manner; terribly.
Bete Noire :: Bete noire () Something especially hated or dreaded; a bugbear.
Bibliophobia :: Bibliophobia (n.) A dread of books.
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 :: Dread (a.) Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.
Awfulness :: Awfulness (n.) The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place..
Awe :: Awe (v. t.) To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.
Russophobist :: Russophobist () One who dreads Russia or Russian influence.
Dearn :: Dearn (a.) Secret; lonely; solitary; dreadful.
Dreadfulness :: Dreadfulness (n.) The quality of being dreadful.
Misgive :: Misgive (v. t.) To suspect; to dread.
Dread :: Dread (n.) Doubt; as, out of dread..
Aerophoby :: Aerophoby (n.) Dread of a current of air.
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..
Terror :: Terror (n.) That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear.
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